Random Body Facts

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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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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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    All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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