Random Body Facts

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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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    An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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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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    Sperm Made Every Heartbeat
    Sperm Made Every Heartbeat
    The human testicles can produce 1,500 sperm during every heartbeat.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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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