Random Human Facts

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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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    An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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    Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
    Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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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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    Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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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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    It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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