Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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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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    If your liver stopped working, you'd die within 24 hours.
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    When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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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 twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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