In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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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 you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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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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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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