Random Body Facts

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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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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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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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