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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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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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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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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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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