Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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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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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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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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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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