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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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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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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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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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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