Random Body Facts

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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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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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