Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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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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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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