Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Babies crawl an average of 200m a day.
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There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
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