Random Body Facts

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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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    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 human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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    Curvy Hips
    Curvy Hips
    According to studies, curvy hips indicate smart women who are more likely to deliver intelligent children.
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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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