Random Body Facts

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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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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 average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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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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    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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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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    The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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