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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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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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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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