Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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 average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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