All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
21
The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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