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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 has over 1,460 dreams a year!
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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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    Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
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    Pain travels through the body at 350 feet per second!
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    Kissing an infection-free partner is good for your teeth!
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    About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
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    Midgets and dwarfs almost always have normal sized children.
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