Random Human Facts

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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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    The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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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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    The world's shortest man measures only 21.5 inches.
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    Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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    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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    On average a woman has 4 sexual partners in her lifetime.
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    Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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