Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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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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    Your heart will pump about 212 million liters in its lifetime.
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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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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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    Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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