Random Body Facts

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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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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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    In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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