Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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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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