Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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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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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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