Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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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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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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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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    Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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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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