Random Body Facts

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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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    A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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