Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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