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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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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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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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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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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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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