Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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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 average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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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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