In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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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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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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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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