It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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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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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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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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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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