Random Body Facts

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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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    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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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing exercises your heart, lungs, and releases endorphins which make you feel good.
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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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    There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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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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