Random Human Facts

    96 facts tagged with Human Facts

    Babies crawl an average of 200m a day.
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    Research has determined that most people are happiest at 7:26pm on a Saturday night.
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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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    Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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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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    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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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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