The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
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Music has the ability to repair brain damage and return lost memories.
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We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206.
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A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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Your spit has a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine. It contains a substance called opiorphin that is stronger than morphine.
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Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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