We share 70% of our DNA with a slug.
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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.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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