Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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