Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood each day!
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Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.
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Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
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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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Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.
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Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
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Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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