Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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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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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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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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