In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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