In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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