
Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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All 13 minerals necessary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.
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Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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