After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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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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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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