Random Human Facts

    96 facts tagged with Human Facts

    A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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    Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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    We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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    Atacama Skeleton
    Atacama Skeleton
    In 2003, the skeletal remains of a human that measured 6 inches in length were found in a Chilean ghost town. A definite explanation for its size, mutations, and origin has yet to be found.
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    A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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