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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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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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    One quarter of the human brain is used to control the eyes.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    The whiter your tongue, the more germs there are on it.
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
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    Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous.
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