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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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole 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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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