Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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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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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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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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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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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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