- Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body.
- By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 50 trillion cells, the basic unit of life.
- Both lungs contain over 300,000 million capillaries.
- The brain requires 20% of the oxygen and calories the body needs.
- Human bone is as strong as granite in supporting weight.
- The human body has 6 pounds of skin which is, on average, 1/20 of an inch thick.
- 80 percent of the brain is water
- The tongue is the strongest muscle in the body.
- Each finger and toenail takes 6 months to grow from base to tip.
- The ovum (female egg) is one of the largest cells in the human body, typically visible to the naked eye without the aid of a microscope or other magnification device.
- Fingernails grow faster than toenails.
- The average person in the West eats 50 tonnes of food and drinks 50,000 liters of liquid during his life.
- A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of 3 months.
- It is possible for your nose to identify and remember more than 50,000 smells.
- The smallest cell in the human body is the male sperm.
- In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
- A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 miles per hour.
- Your sense of smell is around ten thounsand times more sensitive than your sense of taste.
- The eyes receive approximately 90% of all our information.
- The smallest bone found in the human body is located in the middle ear. The staples bone is only 2.8 millimetres long.
- Women are better than men at identifying smells.
- Adult lungs have a surface area of around 70 square metres
- The average height of an adult male human (in developed countries) is about 5'7" to 5'11" (1.7–1.8 m) tall and the adult female about 5'2" to 5'7" (1.6–1.7 m) tall.
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