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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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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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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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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