Random Body Facts

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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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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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    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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    There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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