Random Body Facts

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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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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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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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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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