Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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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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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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Having sex can make a woman look younger and more attractive due to the release of estrogen and collagen.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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