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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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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Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.
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Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
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Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
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