In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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You can't tickle yourself.
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It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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