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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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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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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Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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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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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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