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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    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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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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