Random Body Facts

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    An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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    For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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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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    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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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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