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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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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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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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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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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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