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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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