One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The average person will go on a date at least 100 times before they finally marry.
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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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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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A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.
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