In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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