It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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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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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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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