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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    Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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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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