In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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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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A third of the human population sneezes when they look at the Sun. Light can signal the ocular nerve near the sinuses and triggers a sneeze.
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Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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The world's shortest man measures only 21.5 inches.
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We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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