Random Human Facts

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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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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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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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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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    Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
    Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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    On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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