In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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Humans are capable of running 40 mph according to a study by bio-mechanical expert Dr. Matthew Bundle. Today's fastest man, Usain Bolt, has a top speed of 28 mph.
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The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
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