Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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    Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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