Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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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 every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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