If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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 human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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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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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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