Random Body Facts

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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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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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