Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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    Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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    The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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