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The most brainless animal ever may have been the massive dinosaur, ...
Short-term memory
Your brain stores some information as memories. Long-term memory ...
Memory skills
Some people have better memories than others. A man from Texas, USA, ...
Hairy humans
You have about 5 million hairs on your body, with about 100,000 of ...
Hair today …
Your hair grows at a rate of about 2mm (0.08in) a week, or over 10cm ...
How hair helps
Our ancestors were much hairier than we are. Hair kept them warm. We ...
Amazing But True
Some people have tiny, harmless, spider-like mites living in the hair ...
Colours and curls
Like the colour of your skin, the colour of your hair depends on how ...
Hair strength
Hair is thinner than paper but it is very strong for its size. In one ...
Got an itch?
You may not be able to see what causes an itch, but you can certainly ...
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