Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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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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    All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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    For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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