All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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