Our brain stops growing when we're about 15 years old.
The oxygen intake of a person under 30 is twice that of a person over 80.
The female human body is capable of having 35 children in one lifetime. Egad!
Your stomach produces a new lining every 3 days in order to avoid digesting itself in its own production of acid. (That explains why throwing up on a hardwood floor works better than any stripper invented – ugh!).
Humans share 98.4% of our DNA with chimps. In comparison, we share 70% of our DNA with a slug. (That's a slimy thought!)
A person at the age of 70 will have shed approximately 40 pounds of dead skin. (So aging is just another form of diet?)
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QUOTE (Mara @ Oct 29 2007, 08:57 PM) 
Our brain stops growing when we're about 15 years old.
About when we start really thinking about sex.
Hmm...coincidence?
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