Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    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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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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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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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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    The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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