In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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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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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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