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Health, 09.02.2021 22:00, larkinc2946

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU: 1. A single sneeze travels 100 miles per hour and shoots 100,000 germs into the air.

2. You’re born with just 1 pint of blood, but by the time you’re an adult you have 4 to 5 quarts.

3. The human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.

4. Humans are capable of echolocation, just like a bat or a whale.

5. It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose. Go ahead, try it!

6. All humans have an automatic dive reflex. When your face is submerged in cold water or when you hold your breath, your heart slows and your blood vessels narrow to conserve oxygen.

7. Newborn babies can’t drown because their windpipes close in response to being submerged. However, that reflex disappears at six months (but we do NOT recommend testing this odd fact at home).

8. Your stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve metal.

9. The silhouette on the NBA Logo is of Hall of Fame Los Angeles Laker Jerry West.

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10. The average lifespan of an MLB baseball is just 7 pitches.

11. Golf is the only sport to have been played on the moon. In 1971, Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the lunar surface with a makeshift 6-iron.

12. The term “winning something hands down” came from horse racing. A jockey who is far enough ahead can slacken the reins and keep his hands down.

13. Wild dolphins call each other by name.

14. Sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth at 230 decibels. (By comparison, an airplane is 150 decibels at takeoff.)

15. Polar bears have been mating with grizzlies in the Arctic, making a new animal called the pizzly!

16. To prevent themselves from drifting apart, sea otters hold hands while they sleep.

17. Blue whale hearts weigh almost a ton and beat once every 10 seconds.

18. A dog’s sense of smell is so good that it can detect a teaspoon of sugar in a million gallons of water, or two Olympic-sized pools.

19. That apple you buy in the grocery store could be over a year old.

20. Most wasabi paste you get in a sushi restaurant isn’t wasabi at all, but horseradish.

21. The term “OK” probably comes from a misspelling of the phrase “all correct.”

22. Under certain conditions, hot water actually freezes faster than cold water.

23. Lobsters used to be so cheap that they were frequently used to feed prisoners.

24. Tomatoes are native to the Americas, so there was no such thing as tomato sauce in Italy until at least the 16th century.

25. Dentures were once routinely made out of actual human or animal teeth.

26. Ancient Romans used urine to whiten their teeth.

27. Most store-bought orange juice is artificially-flavored.

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