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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A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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Cats have a weak sense of taste. They have only 473 tastebuds, humans have 9,000.
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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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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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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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