Random Body Facts

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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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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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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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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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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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