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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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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