Random Body Facts

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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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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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    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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    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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    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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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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