Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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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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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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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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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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