After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
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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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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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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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