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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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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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