Random Body Facts

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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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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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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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