Health Facts
Regularly updated list of health and body facts. Learn things about your body and health that you didn't know. Featuring a range of topics, including the human body, medical science, and psychology.
Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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Sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams.
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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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Putting sugar on a wound or cut will greatly reduce pain and speed up the healing process.
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When you look up at the blue sky and see white dots flying around, you’re actually seeing your own white blood cells.
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There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as well as stress and fear.
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Drinking banana milkshake is a perfect cure for hangover.
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Applying vodka to your face helps tighten your pores and can reduce the risk of acne breakouts.
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Kissing releases masses of oxytocin, a "love potion" that helps couples bond and feel more attracted to each other.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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Sitting straight upright in your chair is bad for your back. You should instead slouch at an angle of 135 degrees.
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There's a new vaccine for alcoholism that gives drinkers an immediate and harsh hangover, even if they drink a small amount of booze.
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The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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