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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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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