Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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    Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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