After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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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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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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