The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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