Random Body Facts

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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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 doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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