Random Human Facts

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    Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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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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    It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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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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    There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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