Random Human Facts

    96 facts tagged with Human Facts

    Only humans shed emotional tears.
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    The world's shortest man measures only 21.5 inches.
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    Atacama Skeleton
    Atacama Skeleton
    In 2003, the skeletal remains of a human that measured 6 inches in length were found in a Chilean ghost town. A definite explanation for its size, mutations, and origin has yet to be found.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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