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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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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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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