The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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The brain requires 25 percent of all oxygen used by the body

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The brain requires 25 percent of all oxygen used by the body

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Females have 500 more genes than males, and because of this are protected from things like color blindness and hemophilia.

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The short-term memory capacity for most people is between five and nine items or digits. This is one reason that phone numbers were kept to seven digits for so long.

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People who have never been married are seven and a half times more likely than married people to be admitted to a psychiatric facility.

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Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.

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Undertakers report that human bodies do not deteriorate as quickly as they used to. The reason, they believe, is that the modern diet contains so many preservatives that these chemicals tend to prevent the body from decomposition too rapidly after death.

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Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

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Over 25% of Zaire is infected with a form of the Ebola virus that does not kill.

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There are more than one form of the Ebola virus. Different strains are named after the area they were discovered in.

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It only takes 7 lbs of pressure to rip off your ears.

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Brain surgery is done with the patient still awake. The brain has no nerves therefore it has no sensation. The person is put to sleep to open the skull but after that the person wakes up to see the operation be completed.

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A new born baby breathes five times faster than an adult man.

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Smoking makes it almost impossible for a male to have a natural erection and it shrinks the penis. It also reduces the mobility of sperm.

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Although it's only 2% of our body weight, the brain uses 20% of all oxygen we breathe, 20% of the calories we take in, and 15% of the body's blood supply