Random Human Facts

    96 facts tagged with Human Facts

    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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    The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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    After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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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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    Atacama Skeleton
    Atacama Skeleton
    In 2003, the skeletal remains of a human that measured 6 inches in length were found in a Chilean ghost town. A definite explanation for its size, mutations, and origin has yet to be found.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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