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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Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
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The first patented condom was meant to be reused!
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Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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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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Only 1% of bacteria cause disease.
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The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
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Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
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One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
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If you unfolded your brain, it would cover an ironing board.
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More people have a phobia of frogs than rats.
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Vicks inhalers can cause you to test positive for Meth on drug tests.
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Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
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Deep Breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.
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Perspiration is odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates an odor.
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Phobatrivaphobia is fear of trivia about phobias.
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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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