Random Body Facts

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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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    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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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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