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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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    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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    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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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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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    In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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