After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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Crying literally alleviates stress and uniquely allows humans to decrease feelings of anger and sadness.
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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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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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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.
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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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