It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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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