It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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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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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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It took 200,000 years for humans to reach 3 billion in number. It took 40 years for the next 3 billion.
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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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