Every Weird Body Reflex Explained in 8 Minutes

In this video, I explain 8 strange things your body does, from the jolt you feel right as you fall asleep to the sneeze that bright sunlight triggers, all drawn out on paper. If you like simple explanations like this, subscribe to Explained on Paper, there's a lot more weird science coming. 00:00 The Hypnic Jerk 01:02 Goosebumps 02:04 Music Chills 03:01 Brain Freeze 04:09 Phantom Vibrations 05:09 The Sun Sneeze 06:03 Hiccups 07:09 Exploding Head Syndrome Sources: Music chills and dopamine (Salimpoor et al., 2011): https://www.zlab.mcgill.ca/publicatio... Brain freeze (Serrador et al., 2012): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Goosebumps and hair stem cells (Harvard, 2020): https://www.hsci.harvard.edu/goosebum... Phantom vibrations (Drouin et al., 2012): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom... Exploding head syndrome (Sharpless, 2015): https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases... Hiccups and tadpoles (Straus et al., 2003): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Longest attack of hiccups: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/... Music: "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... #explained #humanbody #science