In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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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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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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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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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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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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