Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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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 doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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