Random Body Facts

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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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    Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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    In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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