30 Things You Didn’t Know About The Human Body
It's easy to take our bodies for granted.
It's easy to take our bodies for granted.
1
There is no scientific evidence supporting the "fact" that shaving leads to hair growing back thicker.
2
With each step we take, we use up to 200 muscles, so don't think walking doesn't count as exercise.
3
Some people manage to hold their breath for five minutes, which is made possible when we fool the diaphragm.
4
The human body is made up of 7 octillion atoms, which is a 7 followed by 27 zeros.
5
Our brains use 20% of all the oxygen and blood in our bodies.
6
Our eyes can detect about 10 million different colors.
7
An adult human body contains about 100,000 miles of blood vessels.
8
Each of us have unique tongue prints, just as we do fingerprints.
9
According to new research, our brains continue to develop well into our 40s.
10
Women with larger bottoms are more resistant to chronic illnesses. This fact, however, isn't meant to be compared with those women who are at a healthy thin weight ( they're just as healthy).
11
Wondering where all that dust comes from? About 75-90% of the dust in your home is your own dead skin cells.
12
Babies have about 60 more bones than adults. As we grow, some of our bones fuse together to form one.
13
In your lifetime, your heart will pump enough blood to fill 200 train tank cars.
14
Our ears and noses never stop growing.
15
Sleep is important. Getting less than 7 hours of sleep each night can reduce your life expectancy.
16
Your body has enough iron in it to make a metal nail 3 inches long.
17
The masseter, or jaw muscle, is the strongest muscle in the human body based on its weight.
18
Every single one of us have tiny mites called demodex living in our eyelashes.
19
Adults excrete a daily average of 1.42 liters of urine.
20
Our noses can remember about 50,000 different scents.
21
Enough electricity is produced by the human brain when awake to power a small light bulb.
22
Humans shed nearly 600,000 particles of skin every hour, which adds up to 1.5 pounds annually.
23
The average person produces enough saliva to fill two swimming pools in their lifetime.
24
Although smaller in size, a woman's heart beats faster than that of a man's, even while asleep.
25
Your feet contain 1/4 of all the bones in your body. This means that the alignment of these bones affect the rest of the body.
26
If our eyes were digital cameras, they'd measure at 576 megapixels.
27
Sweat is odorless, and body odor actually comes from it mixing with bacteria on the skin.
28
On a daily basis, our hearts produce enough energy to drive a truck for 20 miles.
29
Each heart has its own electrical system, which means that as long as it receives oxygen, it'll continue to beat even if it's removed from the body.
30
Have you ever felt calm while listening to a slow song? That's because our heartbeats mimic the music we listen to.
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