Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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    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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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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    There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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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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