Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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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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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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