Myth or Fact Human Body

We only use 10% of our brain.

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Humans only have five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

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Eating carrots does NOT help improve your eyesight.

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Your bones are stronger than concrete, pound for pound.

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Your workout is effective if your muscles are sore afterwards.

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Your foot and your forearm are the same length.

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You need to drink 8 glasses of water a day.

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This is a tricky one, because you do need fluid to supply your body with water. But, you will get a lot of that from other beverages and foods that you eat. So, you don’t need to drink 8 ADDITIONAL glasses of water on top of what you may already be eating or drinking. Approximately 20% of this daily fluid intake will come from food.

Sweat can remove toxins from your body.

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Your heart skips a beat when you sneeze.

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The air coming out of your nose when you sneeze travels at about 100 miles/hour.

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Particles expelled in a sneeze or cough can carry germs for an array of infectious diseases. The average uncovered sneeze sends droplets about six feet. But for smaller-size particles, it’s more like eight feet or farther because of a gaslike cloud that keeps them airborne.