Random Body Facts

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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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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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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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