Random Body Facts

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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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    An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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