Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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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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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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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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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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