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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Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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