After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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