Random Body Facts

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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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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 is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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