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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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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 human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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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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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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