Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    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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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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    In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
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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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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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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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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