Random Body Facts

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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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    The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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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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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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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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