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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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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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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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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