Random Body Facts

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    For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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    You can hear the blood flowing through your ears if you find a quiet place and cover them tightly.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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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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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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