Random Body Facts

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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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    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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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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    Tooth growing out of foot
    Tooth growing out of foot
    In 1977, a 13-year-old boy had a tooth growing out of his left foot.
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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