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 takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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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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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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