It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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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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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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