In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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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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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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