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Human Body

Bone is stronger than steel by weight 

Gram for gram, human bone outperforms steel in compression — a hollow lattice design gives it strength without the weight.

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Human Body

Your stomach rebuilds its own lining every few days

Stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve metal, so the lining replaces its cells every 3–4 days to avoid digesting itself.

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Animals

Sloths take a month to digest one meal

A sloth's stomach has multiple chambers and works so slowly that a single leaf meal can take up to 30 days to digest. Their whole metabolism runs at about half the rate expected for their body size.

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