After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
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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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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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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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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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