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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    All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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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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    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    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 adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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