Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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