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 one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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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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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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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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