Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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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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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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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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    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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