It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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