Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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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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Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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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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