Random Body Facts

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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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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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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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