Random Body Facts

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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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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    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.
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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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    Tooth growing out of foot
    Tooth growing out of foot
    In 1977, a 13-year-old boy had a tooth growing out of his left foot.
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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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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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