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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Only humans shed emotional tears.
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A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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On average a woman has 4 sexual partners in her lifetime.
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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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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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On average, a human being will have sex more than 3,000 times and spend two weeks kissing in their lifetime.
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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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