The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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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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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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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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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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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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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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