A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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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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On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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