Random Body Facts

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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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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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