KIDS FOR KIDS GI PROJECT
Did you Know? Fun GI facts:
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The average person makes 2 pints of saliva every day. Which equals 32 ounces, or 2 cans of soda.
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Your body can move your food through the digestive system even while you're upside down because it's not connected to gravity and it works with muscles.
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Platypuses don't have stomachs.
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When you are first born, you don’t have any healthy bacteria your system needs to digest the food you're given.
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Hiccups can be caused by a change in temperature if it happens suddenly.
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The small intestine is actually 22-23 feet long which is pretty large, while the large intestine is actually small and only a mere 5 feet long.
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Your stomach doesn’t do much of the digestion, it’s mostly your small intestine.
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Your GI system has more than 500 different types of bacteria.
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Your digestive system has its own kind of mini brain.
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The second part of your small intestine is called the jejunum. (Je-Jú-Num)
Sources:
https://www.livescience.com/40187-digestive-system-surprising-facts.html