Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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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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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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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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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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