Random Body Facts

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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 human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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