Random Body Facts

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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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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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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    Camping Can Help to Reset Body Clock
    Camping can help to reset your body clock, according to research.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Tooth growing out of foot
    Tooth growing out of foot
    In 1977, a 13-year-old boy had a tooth growing out of his left foot.
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