When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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