Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    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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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of 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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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