Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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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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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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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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