A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
28
Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
92
Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
7
Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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