Random Body Facts

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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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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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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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