Random Body Facts

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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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    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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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    An Indian man known as "Snake Manu" can put small snakes, including deadly cobras, into his mouth and pass them out through his nose.
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    Curvy Hips
    Curvy Hips
    According to studies, curvy hips indicate smart women who are more likely to deliver intelligent children.
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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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    In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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