Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft.
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In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
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