Random Human Facts

    96 facts tagged with Human Facts

    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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    We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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