In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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