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 average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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There is a disease called ichthyosis that turns the skin scaly like a fish.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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The skin on your lips is 200 times more sensitive than your fingertips.
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