Random Body Facts

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    The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 80km (50 miles) every day.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing Health Benefits
    Singing exercises your heart, lungs, and releases endorphins which make you feel good.
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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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    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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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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