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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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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