Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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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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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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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