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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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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