Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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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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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
46
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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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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