Random Body Facts

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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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    There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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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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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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