Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
7
All 13 minerals necessary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
102
Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
232
If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
15
It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
102
Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
132
In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
11