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jump

A flea can jump over a hundred times its own body length, launching at more than a hundred times gravity.

dance

Dancing in sync with others raises your pain tolerance and bonds the group, one reason cultures everywhere dance together.

climb

Geckos climb glass using billions of tiny hairs on their toes, gripping by a faint molecular force, not by any sticky glue.

stretch

Cats stretch the instant they wake to prime their muscles and nerves, a yawning reflex scientists call pandiculation.

whistle

Not everyone can whistle, and the skill depends on shaping your lips and tongue to speed air into a clear tone.

balance

Your sense of balance lives mostly in your inner ear, where tiny fluid-filled tubes track every tilt of your head.

shuffle

Shuffling a standard deck about seven times is usually enough to mix fifty-two cards into a truly random order.

scribble

Toddlers scribble long before they can draw shapes, and those early loops are a normal first step toward learning to write.

cartwheel

The move is named after a wagon wheel because your arms and legs become spokes turning over the ground.

somersault

Its name traces back to old words meaning 'above' and 'leap,' describing a body turning heels over head.

gallop

A galloping horse moves in a four-beat rhythm, its legs reaching out and folding back like a coiled spring.

juggle

Skilled jugglers rarely watch the balls; they track the peak of each throw using the edges of their vision.

sprint

Top sprinters spend most of a race airborne, touching the track only briefly with each powerful driving stride.

wander

To wander is to roam with no fixed goal, letting curiosity rather than a map choose the way ahead.

tiptoe

Walking on tiptoe muffles your steps because only the ball of the foot touches down, spreading your weight quietly.

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