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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    If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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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 human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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    Sperm Made Every Heartbeat
    Sperm Made Every Heartbeat
    The human testicles can produce 1,500 sperm during every heartbeat.
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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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