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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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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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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