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Think you know yourself like the back of your hand? Here are 28 strange facts about the human body that may surprise you.
Fri, Nov 12 2010 at 10:10 AM
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The fastest growing nail is the middle finger? Huh.. Didn't know a finger was a nail. I think the maker should rethink the wording.
Please don find how the word are coined. If you could understand what the sentence conveyed, please try to wonder and appreciate it. This is the post on science not on english grammar..................lets gain the scientific knowledge shared by our community...........
I'm afraid the egg and sperm thing isn't true. Although they are AMONGST the biggest and smallest respectively, neither are in fact number one
I think they have given the sources at the bottom of the image!!
Sorry I DONT belive in evolution
just curious but what do these facts have to do with evolution
umm.... the liver in this graphic is shown on the wrong side of the body. it's supposed to be on the right side. silly artist.
Liver AND Pancreas are on the wrong side of the normal human being.
"Right-handed people live 9 years long then left-handed people." That's sad news. Looks like we leftys may be checking out early. I wonder why that is...
There's less left handed people in the world, so that means there's less of us to take the survey from so of course the average age of death is lower. That doesnt mean there's something wrong with lefties, just less.
I'm not sure about how true the answer is, but I believe it was on a CSI episode. According to the show, and here I'm paraphrasing, "Hundreds of american "leftys" die using right-handed equipment, such as chain saws"... Hope it helps out
I have read lefties also die in more car accidents. I think the study said it was due to the natural inclination for lefties to pull to the left--and get hit by oncoming cars.
the reason more babies are born with blue eyes is that they get a rush of pigment during prenatal care due to the short time of eye development and actually blue eyes have pigment and when u get older the pigment diminishes causing darker colors
Um. No. The darker your eyes, the more pigment. That's how color works.
People who think they have higher knowledge who try to discredit some fast facts meant to be ENTERTAINING aka: FUN, humorous, lighthearted etc. only make yourselves look like stuffy fun-sucking know-it-alls.
Did anybody take a look at where the author took all his facts? Somehow, I really don't find many of them credible. It's no wonder that there's a bunch of crap on here.
yeah! that made me stumble 2!!
the only good source used here is the national health institute, and that is actually kinda sad!! D;
I dictinctly remember learning, in college Genetics class, that there is more than one "trait" that codes for color. So, almost anything can result... two green eyed people can have a brown eyed baby. Or you can get a blue-green eyed baby from brown eyed parents. The one exception is: true blue eyed parents only get blue eyed babies!
Actually 2 green-eyed people can't have a brown-eyed baby. Green eyes are recessive to brown, therefore a brown-eyed trait can't possibly be present in either parent. /nitpicking
Yes they can. If their parents had brown eyes then their kids can have brown eyes because even if there was a 0% chance according to a punnet square, it can still happen because the gene can skip generations.
The comment made is referring to newborns. Most are born with blue eyes that later change to the color they will remain. Sometimes remaining blue.
The liver is on the right side of the body and the pancreasis is on the left side of the body near the heart. Looks like the silhouette was reversed. Couldn't get your facts straight, eh?
Organ 'in' the wrong places. Man, I hate making typos. Sorry.
Okay, Egg nog hang-over has got to me. Last chance and then I'm done.
"Some of the organs are in the wrong places."
Sperm is not a cell, it's an organic fluid.
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