10 Badass Superpowers Everybody Has

5. Body Renewal

X Men Wolverine Origins
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The idea that the body entirely renews itself every seven years sounds really too good to be true. That's because it is. But that isn't to say we don't have any regenerative powers - they're just not quite on Wolverine's level.

Approximately 50,000 cells in your body will die and be replaced with new cells during the time it takes you to read this sentence. We make a new skeleton every three months and a new layer of skin every month.

What's more, you can lose up to 75% of your liver and it can grow back to its full size, kind of like how a lizard can re-grow its tail, only we manage it with an extremely complex organ. Even more incredibly, if you were to donate part of it to someone else, the transplanted organ would grow into a full liver as well. It's really the gift that keeps on giving - but one quite difficult to wrap.

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