The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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