Random Skin 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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    Subway Air Contains 15% Human Skin
    Scientists found that 15% of matter in the air at subway stations is human skin, from areas such as heels, belly buttons, armpits, and rear ends.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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    ‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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    Carotenemia
    Carotenemia
    If you eat lots of carrots, you'll start to turn orange.
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    The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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    There is a family with a genetic condition that makes their skin blue, who have been isolated in rural Kentucky for generations.
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