Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Babies crawl an average of 200m a day.
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