Random Body Facts

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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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    There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing exercises your heart, lungs, and releases endorphins which make you feel good.
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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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    The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown 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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