In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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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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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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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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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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