Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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A person will create enough saliva to fill two average size swimming pools during his lifetime.
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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 human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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