Random Body Facts

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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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    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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    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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    You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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