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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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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