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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If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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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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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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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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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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