There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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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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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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Humans are capable of running 40 mph according to a study by bio-mechanical expert Dr. Matthew Bundle. Today's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has a top speed of 28 mph.
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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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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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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