1.
The most sensitive finger is your index finger.
2.
The astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller
returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of
gravity).
3.
The human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg
of gold.
4.
The women blink twice as much as men.
5.
The household dust is made of dead skin cells.
6.
Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day.
7.
Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey.
8.
The most active muscles are in your eye.
9.
A liver has over 500 functions.
10. A brain
uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe.
11.
The horses have 18 more bones than humans.
12. When
recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain.
13. The
human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels.
14. The
hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail.
15.
An average you blink 25,000 a day.
16. A men
have 10% more red blood cells than women.
17.
The one square inch of human skin contains 625
sweat glands.
18. The
average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons)
of water in their lifetime.
19. The
people who work at night tend to weight more.
20. A
wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by
700 times.
21. A new
born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206).
22. You use
72 different muscles while speaking.
23. The
most common disease is tooth decay.
24. The
average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day.
25. Your
foot is the most common body part bitten by insects.
26. A pair
of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.
27. Your
big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.
28. The
average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.
29. You use
200 muscles to take one step.
30. Our
eyes can distinguish up to one million colour surfaces and take in more
information than the largest telescope known to man.
31. Our
lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even thinking.
They are large enough to cover a tennis court.
32. Our
hearing is so sensitive it can distinguish between hundreds of thousands of
different sounds.
33. Our
sense of touch is more refined than any device ever created.
34. Our
brain is more complex than the most powerful computer and has over 100 billion
nerve cells.
35. The
smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear.
36. You
burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner
you become).
37. The
blinking in one day is equal to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
38. A foot
has 26 bones in it.
39. The
average human brain contains around 78% water.
40. The
brain uses between 20 - 25% of the oxygen you breathe.
41. The 1/4
of your bones are in your feet.
42. The
tongue is the fastest healing part of your body.
43. A 1
minute kiss burns 26 calories.
44. You
burn more calories sleeping than watching tv.
45. An
average person will spend 25 years asleep.
46. The
most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression.
47. The
skin is the largest organ making up the human body.
48. The
enamel is the hardest substance in your body.
49. We give
birth to 100 billion red cells every day.
50. When we
touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph.
51.
We have over 600 muscles.
52. We
exercise at least 30 muscles when we smile.
53. We are
about 70 percent water.
54. There
are about 60 muscles in the face. Smiling is easier than frowning. It takes 20
muscles to smile and over 40 to frown.
55. The
smallest muscle in the body is the stapedius, deep in the ear. It is only 5mm
long and thinner than cotton thread. It is involved in hearing.
56. The
biggest muscle in the body is the gluteus maximus, in the buttock. It pulls the
leg and backwards powerfully for walking, running and climbing steps.
57. The
heart beats around 3 billion times in the average person's life.
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