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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One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
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The right lung takes in more air than the left.
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Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
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Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.
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Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
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