Random Body Facts

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    An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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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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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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    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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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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