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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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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