It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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