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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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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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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