Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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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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40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.
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The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one.
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Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
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There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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