After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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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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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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