There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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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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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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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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