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Cats have survived falls from over 20 stories due to their flexible skeletons.
Dogs can smell fear through chemical signals in human sweat.
Dogs' brains release oxytocin when they look at their owners, strengthening emotional bonds.
A cat's brain is about 90% similar to a human brain in structure.
A dog's nose print is unique, much like a human fingerprint.
A cat's purr vibrates at frequencies that can promote bone healing.
Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees using 32 separate muscles.
The atoms in your body were created inside stars that died billions of years ago.
There are signals traveling through your nervous system right now at speeds over 200 miles per hour.
There are organisms on Earth that can survive being frozen for years and still come back to life.
The atoms that make up your body are replaced over time, meaning you are physically not the same person you were years ago.
The human brain can process images in as little as 13 milliseconds.
If you were standing on the Moon, you would see footprints from 1969 that may still be there millions of years from now.
The atoms in your body will likely exist long after the Earth is gone.
The human brain continues developing into your midβtwenties.
Your bones constantly rebuild themselves.
The human genome contains about 3 billion base pairs.
The deepest drilling into Earth reached only about 0.2% of the distance to the center.
Your body produces about 300 billion new cells every day.
The human nervous system can transmit signals faster than a Formula One car.
The human brain consumes roughly the same power as a small light bulb.
The Earth's magnetic field flips polarity every few hundred thousand years.
The Moon is moving away from Earth at about the same rate fingernails grow.
A blue whale's heart is large enough for a human to swim through its major arteries.
There are more bacteria in your body than human cells.
The average human body contains enough carbon to make about 9,000 pencils.
A teaspoon of DNA could theoretically store all the world's data many times over.
The human eye can detect a single photon under perfect conditions.
There are more possible unique 52βcard deck shuffles than there are atoms on Earth.
Your brain creates thought.
Your brain enables existence.
Your brain enables awareness.
Your brain builds experience.
Your brain interprets input.
Your brain creates decisions.
Your brain generates signals.
Your brain forms memories.
Your brain creates identity.
Your brain enables thought.
Your brain controls your body.
Your brain predicts survival.
Your brain processes reality.
Your brain builds awareness.
The brain is complex.
Your brain stores memories.
Your brain models reality.
Your brain creates experience.
Your brain interprets signals.
Your brain creates consciousness.
Some particles pass through Earth.