Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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 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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