Fun Facts: Human Body & Behavior Part 5

A Stanford study concluded that there is a high correlation between walking and creative thought output. Compared to sitting, those who walked demonstrated a sixty percent increase in creative thought output.

The scientific name for brain freeze is actually sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia. Brain freezes happen because the cold dilates arteries which causes a sudden rush of blood to the brain, causing pressure and pain.

According to research, our voices change when we find people attractive. These vocal modulations tend to be subtle and the speaker usually isn’t conscious of the change.

Naturally purple eyes exist and this is due to a disorder called Alexandria’s Genesis which causes pale skin and purple eyes.

If you feel strongly that someone is watching you, that’s because they probably are. Your brain has a primal gaze detection system that determines whether someone is staring directly at you or not.

The average person has two million sweat glands.

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