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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    Drinking banana milkshake is a perfect cure for hangover.
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    It takes 17 muscles to smile, 43 to frown.
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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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    Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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    Fidgeting can burn about 350 calories a day.
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    Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
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    When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too.
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