Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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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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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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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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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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