Random Body Facts

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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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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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    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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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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