Health Facts
There are 122 Health Facts
- 2 out of 3 adults in the United States have hemorrhoids.
- 25% of your bones are located in your feet.
- 35,000 people in the U.S. will die from the flu annually.
- 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.
- A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
- A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
- A man once sued his doctor because he survived his cancer longer than the doctor predicted.
- A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
- A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
- A sneeze can travel as fast as 100 miles per hour.
- A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.
- A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.
- About 400 different kinds of microbes live on and in the human body.
- About half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.
- An average adult produces about half a liter of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
- At age 70, more than 70 percent of men are still potent!
- Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
- By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.
- Children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats!
- Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.
- Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
- Common pesticides such as roach, termite, and flea insecticide can be found in the bodies of the majority of Americans.
- Contrary to popular beliefs, chocolate does not cause acne.
- Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
- Dating back to the 1600's, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.
- Deep Breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.
- During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times.
- During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.
- Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
- Every day, the average person swallows about a quart of mucous.
- Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
- Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
- Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
- Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
- Flu shots only work about 70% of the time.
- From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.
- Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
- Household bleach is the recommended chemical to decontaminate people exposed to the anthrax virus, by the U.S. F.D.A.
- Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
