19 Amazing Facts About The Human Body That Will Blow Your Mind
Featured 08/06/2014
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The human body sure is amazing, and these facts may blow your mind.
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1. Humans are roughly 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.
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2. Human fingers are so sensitive, that if your fingers were the size of Earth, you could feel the difference between a house and a car.
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3. The human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth were flat, you could spot a candle flickering at night from up to 30 miles away.
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4. Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
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5. Humans shed 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime, completely replacing their outer skin every month.
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6. In one day, your blood travels 12,000 miles around your body. Thats four times the distance across the US from coast-to-coast.
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7. Around 90 of the cells that make humans arent human in origin. Were mostly fungi and bacteria.
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8. The human brain uses 20 of the entire bodys oxygen and calorie intake, despite only accounting for about 2 of an adults body mass
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9. Each finger and toenail takes six months to grow from base to tip.
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10. A condition called synesthesia can cause senses to overlap. In other words, some people can taste words or hear colors.
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11. The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 50 miles every day
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12. A single human blood cell takes only 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body
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13. The human brain is much more active at night than during the day.
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14. The higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
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15. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.
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16. A full bladder is roughly the size of a softball
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17. The average person breaks wind 14 times each day.
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18. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
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19. It is impossible to tickle yourself.
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