The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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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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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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