In honor of the more horrifying aspects of the mortal coil, we bring you a list of nine facts sure to disquiet.

Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And ...

The human body is a magnificent thing, and sometimes, I genuinely cannot believe how it operates. So, if you want to be wowed, here are some interesting facts about the human body that are weird, ...

19. The largest known prime number contains 41,024,320 digits. 20. Frogs breathe and drink through their skin. 21. A bullet ...

1.That "tongue map" with specific regions for tasting sweet, salty, sour, and bitter is bogus. The map probably stems from a 1901 study by German scientist David P. Hänig, who discovered "minute" ...

Have you ever given any extra thought to your stomach lining or the bones in your skull or pondered whether double uteruses ...

While we tend to think we know ourselves pretty well, the human body still has all sorts of ways to surprise us. The truth is that we’re pretty complicated organisms, where a lot can go wrong (or ...

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

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