- If your DNA was laid out straight, it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
- Your right lung takes in more air than your left lung.
- There are an average of 100 billion neurons in your brain.
- Yawning can cause a 30 percent increase in heart rate.
- Seven in 100 men have color blindness. Only one woman in 1,000 has the condition.
- Only one percent of bacteria cause disease.
- Odors inhaled by the right nostril are more pleasant than those detected by the left nostril.
- By age 50, most people lose half of their taste buds.
- Backache is second only to headaches as the most common location of pain.
- The skin on your feet is thicker than it is anywhere else on your body.
- Watermelon consists of 92 percent water and eight percent sugar.
- Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older.
- Walking just 20 extra minutes a day can result in a seven-pound fat loss within a year.
- Eating approximately 20 tart cherries a day can reduce headaches and inflammation.
- Laughter has been medically proven to be an effective pain killer.
- The scent of rosemary can make you feel more alert and can improve mental performance.
- If eaten with your nose plugged, an apple, potato and onion all taste sweet.
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