After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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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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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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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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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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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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