Wednesday 1 October 2014
22 Unbelievable Facts About the Human Body That Will Blow Your Mind
1... You produce about 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime. If you were to
save all of that spit, it would fill two swimming pools.
2... Most babies are born with blue eyes, but genetic material and exposure to the sun give us our true eye color.
2... Most babies are born with blue eyes, but genetic material and exposure to the sun give us our true eye color.
3... An adult human body has 100,000 miles of blood vessels.
4... Much like fingerprints, everyone also has a unique tongue print!
5... All of the bacteria in your body collectively weighs about four pounds.
6... A baby's foreskin, usually about the size of a postage stamp, can grow to the size of three basketball courts in less than a month. That's why it's used to treat burn victims!
7... You have more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
8... Do you have naturally blue eyes? You also have a higher alcohol tolerance!
9... You shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. That's about 1.5 pounds of skin shed per year, and around 105 pounds of skin by the age of 70
10... Your body is hot enough to boil half a gallon of water in just 30 minutes.
11... A female's ovaries have just over half a million eggs, but only 400 have the chance to create life.
12... Men produce about 10 million new sperm every day. Do the math: That's enough to repopulate the entire planet in six months.
13... You have more than 300,000,000 capillaries in your lungs. If they were stretched out, tip to tip, they would reach from Los Angeles to Atlanta.
14... If all of the DNA in each cell of your body were uncoiled, it would stretch 10 billion miles. That's from here to Pluto and back.
15... Your heart produces enough energy every day to drive a truck for 20 miles.
4... Much like fingerprints, everyone also has a unique tongue print!
5... All of the bacteria in your body collectively weighs about four pounds.
6... A baby's foreskin, usually about the size of a postage stamp, can grow to the size of three basketball courts in less than a month. That's why it's used to treat burn victims!
7... You have more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
8... Do you have naturally blue eyes? You also have a higher alcohol tolerance!
9... You shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. That's about 1.5 pounds of skin shed per year, and around 105 pounds of skin by the age of 70
10... Your body is hot enough to boil half a gallon of water in just 30 minutes.
11... A female's ovaries have just over half a million eggs, but only 400 have the chance to create life.
12... Men produce about 10 million new sperm every day. Do the math: That's enough to repopulate the entire planet in six months.
13... You have more than 300,000,000 capillaries in your lungs. If they were stretched out, tip to tip, they would reach from Los Angeles to Atlanta.
14... If all of the DNA in each cell of your body were uncoiled, it would stretch 10 billion miles. That's from here to Pluto and back.
15... Your heart produces enough energy every day to drive a truck for 20 miles.
16... Ounce for ounce, your bones are stronger than steel.
17... With the exception of identical twins, everyone on earth has a unique smell.
17... With the exception of identical twins, everyone on earth has a unique smell.
18... The acid in your stomach can dissolve razorblades.
19... Excessive body hair is linked to higher IQs.
19... Excessive body hair is linked to higher IQs.
20... A human head remains conscious for 15-20 seconds after it's been decapitated.
21... Your ears and your nose never stop growing.
22... People who dream more tend to have higher IQs.
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