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Drop a ruler and use a conversion chart to turn the catch distance into your exact reaction time in milliseconds.
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Blow up a balloon with one breath and measure its size to compare your lung capacity against others.
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Blindfold volunteers and plug their noses to discover how much harder it is to identify foods.
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Walk up and down stairs while rock music or classical music plays and compare your heart rate to the same exercise in silence.
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Close your eyes for ten seconds, then open them while a partner watches your pupils shrink in real time.
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Blindfold volunteers and ask them to identify everyday scents from coffee to garlic to discover which smells fool the nose.
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Have choir singers and non-singers each inflate a balloon in one breath, then measure which group blows them bigger.
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Place a Life Saver on someone's tongue while they hold their nose and time how long it takes to name the flavor.
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Draw a dot and a plus sign on paper and watch the dot vanish as you bring the page closer.
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Measure the feet of 10 males and 10 females, then compare width-to-length ratios to find hidden shape differences.
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