Health Facts
Regularly updated list of health and body facts. Learn things about your body and health that you didn't know. Featuring a range of topics, including the human body, medical science, and psychology.
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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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In Japan, condoms are commonly sold 'door to door'!
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Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal sized children.
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Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood each day!
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Panophobia is the fear of everything.
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We blink 25 times a minute.
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It is possible to go blind from smoking too heavily.
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Redheads require more anesthesia to 'go under' than other hair colors do.
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The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
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The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
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While 7 men in 100 have some form of color blindness, only 1 woman in 1,000 suffers from it.
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Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.
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Although men ARE more likely to suffer heart attacks, women are more likely to die within a year from having a heart attack.
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Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08!
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Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.
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The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.
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During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.
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Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
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