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The average resting adult consumes about the same amount of energy as a 100 watt light bulb; that's more than 600 AA batteries per day.

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Between 30,000 and 40,000 skin cells fall off you every minute as new cells grow and take their place. Your outer skin layer will be completely replaced by new cells in one to two months.

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Lightning bolts strike Earth about 8 million times every 24 hours. That's around 100 lighting strikes each second.

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