Random Body Facts

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    A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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    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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