Random Human Facts

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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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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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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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