Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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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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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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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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    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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