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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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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