After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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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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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 human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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