Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
163
The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
99
Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
190
Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
127
After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
55
For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
515
The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
13