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TIL the CNS Ischemic Reflex is the body's most powerful reflex. A "last-ditch" survival effort, it triggers when the brain is starved of oxygen, causing massive vasoconstriction to force blood upward. This surge is so intense it can cause kidney failure by completely cutting off their blood supply.

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