If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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