Random Body Facts

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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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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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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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    The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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