Random Body Facts

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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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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the 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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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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 body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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