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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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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 times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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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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