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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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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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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