Random Body Facts

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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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    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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    You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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