If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
22
Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
18
For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
515
Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
163
Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
193
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.
62
Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
232
When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
886