Random Body Facts

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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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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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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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    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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    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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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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