Random Body Facts

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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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    It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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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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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
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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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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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