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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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