An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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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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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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