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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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