Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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    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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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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