It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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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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Babies crawl an average of 200m a day.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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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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Cats have a weak sense of taste. They have only 473 tastebuds, humans have 9,000.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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