After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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