Random Body Facts

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    Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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