In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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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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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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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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