Random Human Facts

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    On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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    Crying literally alleviates stress and uniquely allows humans to decrease feelings of anger and sadness.
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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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    Your fingernails grow faster in summer.
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    It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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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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