Random Body Facts

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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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    Gin is a mild diuretic which helps the body get rid of excessive fluid. Thus, it can reduce problems such as menstrual bloating.
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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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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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