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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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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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