Random Body Facts

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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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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    Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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    You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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