The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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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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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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