You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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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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