In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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