Random Body Facts

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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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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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    Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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    In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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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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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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