Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
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When a person dies, hearing is usually the last sense to go.
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The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one.
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Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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The average female will have 3.3 pregnancies in her life.
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By putting a frog in a bucket of milk, scientists following up on an ancient Russian way of keeping milk from going sour have identified a wealth of new antibiotic substances.
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Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
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The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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