Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    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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    Enamel is hardest substance in 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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    Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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    Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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