It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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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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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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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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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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