There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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