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INTERESTING FACTS
This publication, that you are reading through currently, marks the tenth annual edition of the Medical Index proudly produced each year since 2012, by the same team who brings you the weekly Bulletin. Here are some more fascinating facts.
A person will die from lack of sleep sooner than they will from starvation, which usually takes a few weeks.
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Humans are the only known species that can blush.
Like fingerprints, every person has a unique tongue print.
Your eyelids have the thinnest amount of skin on your body.
Each person sheds 22 kilograms of skin in his or her lifetime.
The space between the eyebrows has a name. Its name is the glabella. It’s from the Latin word glabellus. This word directly translates to smooth. Clinically, this area is a basis for measuring how dehydrated a person is.
