Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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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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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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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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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