Random Body Facts

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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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