Random Body Facts

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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 average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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    The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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