Random Body Facts

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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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    Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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    All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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    You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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