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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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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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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