If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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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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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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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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