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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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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