Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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