Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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