Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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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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The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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