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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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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