Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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