One of the biggest mistakes you can make in life is believing that you know everything there is to know. Even if you’re highly educated and brag about how brainy you are, there’s always—always!—something new to learn. If you keep your curiosity alive and well, and stay humble, you might fill in some of the biggest knowledge gaps you didn’t even know you had.
#41
There are no muscles in your fingers, they are powered by muscles in your hands and forearms.
12points
#42
There is a natual chimerism present in every woman's body.
Early in foetal development every cell has to decide for itself which X-chromosome it will use. Once that decision is made it sticks everytime the cell divides. So you get clumps/stripes of cells that share the same x-chromosome next to stripes/clumps that have the other chromosome active.
Early in foetal development every cell has to decide for itself which X-chromosome it will use. Once that decision is made it sticks everytime the cell divides. So you get clumps/stripes of cells that share the same x-chromosome next to stripes/clumps that have the other chromosome active.
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11points
#43
The dimple of skin between your nose and your top lip is called the philtrum.
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11points
#44
All the processes that happen in your body happen in complete darkness.
When people think about bodily processes they think of images of pink and red things moving around in a well-lit environment. In reality it's all pitch black.
When people think about bodily processes they think of images of pink and red things moving around in a well-lit environment. In reality it's all pitch black.
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10points
#45
That the brain operates on the same amount of power as a 10-watt lightbulb.
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10points
#46
I'm pretty sure alot of people know about the whole 'eyes take in an upside down image and the brain flips it' thing, but if you wear glasses that flip what you see upside down your brain will eventually adjust and flip how you perceive it the "right" way up, this means that when you take the glasses off you'll see upside down naturally until your brain readjusts again.
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9points
#47
No matter how warm or hot the outside cold air is our nose changes it to 98F immediately breathing it in.
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9points
#48
The length of a person's arm span is approximately equal to their height.
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8points
#49
The sound of women's voices triggers the part of a man's brain that is triggered when listening to music.
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7points
#50
* there are ~250,000 sweat glands in a pair of feet.
* feet perspire more than any other part of the body
* a pair of feet produce a 1/2 pint of sweat a day or a full pint if one wears non-breatheable footwear.
* feet perspire more than any other part of the body
* a pair of feet produce a 1/2 pint of sweat a day or a full pint if one wears non-breatheable footwear.
7points