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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Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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 uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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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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