In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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