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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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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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 is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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