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Humans are the only primate with obvious white sclera. Apes have darker sclera that hide gaze direction, but human eyes broadcast where someone is looking. The Cooperative Eye Hypothesis says this 'eye that cannot lie' helped early coordination and group hunting.
Humans perceive large eyes and small noses as baby traits, triggering cuteness. This is 'baby schema.' Domesticated animals retain these traits into adulthood—and so do humans, suggesting we domesticated ourselves.
Menthol makes your mouth feel cool without changing the actual temperature. It raises the activation threshold of cold receptors, making you perceive coldness at temperatures that would not normally trigger it.
A camel's hump stores fat, not water — and evolved for the Arctic, not the desert. 3.5 million years ago, ancestors in Arctic Canada grew fat-storing humps to survive winters. When they migrated south, the hump proved equally useful in the desert.