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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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