Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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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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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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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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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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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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