The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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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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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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