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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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.
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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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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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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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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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