Random Body Facts

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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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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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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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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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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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