Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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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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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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