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 person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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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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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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