Random Human Facts

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    For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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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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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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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    You can't tickle yourself.
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    Only humans shed emotional tears.
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