Random Body Facts

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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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