Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
55
When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
120
For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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