The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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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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If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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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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