The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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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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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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