After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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