Random Body Facts

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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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    Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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