The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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 human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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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 largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
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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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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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