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 brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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If the human eye was a digital camera, it would have 576 megapixels.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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