Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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