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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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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 human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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