Random Body Facts

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    The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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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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    There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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 your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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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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