Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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