Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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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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You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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