Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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.
515
Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
92
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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Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
18
If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
22
Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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