When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
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The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
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Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.
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Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
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India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.
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Pain occurs when sounds are above 130 db.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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