Random Body Facts

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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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    Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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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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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    Tooth growing out of foot
    Tooth growing out of foot
    In 1977, a 13-year-old boy had a tooth growing out of his left foot.
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