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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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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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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