Random Body Facts

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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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    Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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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 sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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