The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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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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The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
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