A healthy liver can regrow from a remaining portion because liver cells divide readily after injury.
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You cannot hum while holding your nose
Human Body
Humming requires air to escape through the nose. Try it: pinch your nostrils mid-hum and the sound stops instantly.
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Goosebumps are a leftover fur reflex
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Tiny muscles lift hairs when cold or emotional, a reflex more useful to fur-covered ancestors.
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Your stomach gets a new lining every few days
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Stomach acid is corrosive enough to dissolve metal. The body responds by replacing the entire mucus-and-epithelial lining every 3–4 days.
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The pupil is a hole
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The black center of the eye is an opening that lets light pass through the iris.
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Mitochondria have their own DNA
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Mitochondria carry small genomes separate from the DNA stored in the cell nucleus.
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Bone is roughly five times stronger than steel by weight
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Cortical bone has a tensile strength around 130 MPa, but at one-fifth the density of steel — a brilliant evolutionary composite of collagen and mineral.
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Bones constantly remodel themselves
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Bone is living tissue that is broken down and rebuilt in response to stress and body chemistry.
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Veins look blue even though blood is red
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Veins can look blue through skin because of how tissue absorbs and scatters light.
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Human skin is the largest organ
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Skin forms a living barrier that senses touch, regulates temperature, and helps defend against infection.
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The placenta is a temporary organ
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During pregnancy, the placenta grows as a temporary organ that handles exchange between parent and fetus.
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The tongue map is a myth
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Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami receptors are not confined to neat zones on the tongue.
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Tooth enamel is the body's hardest tissue
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Enamel protects teeth with a mineral-rich surface harder than bone.
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Every eye has a natural blind spot
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The optic nerve exits the retina at a spot with no light receptors, creating a gap the brain fills in.
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Red blood cells eject their nuclei
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Mature human red blood cells lose their nuclei, leaving more room for oxygen-carrying hemoglobin.
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The hyoid bone floats in the throat
Human Body
The hyoid is not directly jointed to another bone, but is suspended by muscles and ligaments.
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You have taste receptors in your gut
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The same TAS2R bitter-taste receptors found on the tongue also line the gut, where they appear to help detect toxins and regulate hormone release.
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Platelets are cell fragments
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Platelets are tiny fragments from larger bone-marrow cells and help blood clot after injury.
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Muscles pull instead of push
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Skeletal muscles contract to pull bones, so opposing muscle groups handle opposite movements.
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Fingerprints form before birth
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Ridge patterns develop in the womb through growth forces and tiny differences in the fetal environment.
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The cornea has no blood vessels
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The clear cornea gets oxygen mostly from tears and the air so it can stay transparent.
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Your nose can detect over a trillion different smells
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A 2014 Rockefeller study found humans can distinguish at least 1 trillion olfactory stimuli — a vast upgrade over the old textbook figure of 10,000.
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Ear bones are the smallest bones in the body
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The malleus, incus, and stapes transmit vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear.
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The spleen recycles old blood cells
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The spleen filters blood, helps immune responses, and removes worn-out red blood cells.
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