Random Body Facts

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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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    If you hold farts in during the day, they'll just come out when you sleep.
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    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
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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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    Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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