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Topic: The body

Fact A stomach ulcer is usually an infection Two researchers were ignored for years. One of them drank the bacteria to prove it. 1 min read Fact Everyone with blue eyes shares one ancestor A single mutation, somewhere between six and ten thousand years ago, in one person. 1 min read Fact Your body produces its own morphine-like chemicals The word endorphin is a contraction of endogenous morphine. 1 min read Fact Most adults on Earth cannot digest milk Being able to is the mutation, not the norm. 1 min read Fact Goosebumps are a leftover from having fur Your body is trying to fluff up a coat you no longer have. 1 min read Fact The appendix may be a bacterial safe house Long dismissed as useless. It might be a backup drive for your gut. 1 min read Fact Your mitochondria come only from your mother An unbroken maternal line, traceable back tens of thousands of years. 1 min read