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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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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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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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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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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Having sex can make a woman look younger and more attractive due to the release of estrogen and collagen.
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