Random Body Facts

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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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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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