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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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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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