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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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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