Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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    Camping Can Help to Reset Body Clock
    Camping can help to reset your body clock, according to research.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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