Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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