It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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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.
16
Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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