Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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 takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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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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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human 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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    Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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