Did You Know: Human Body Facts That Would Wow You.

Human body did you knows

• Did you know 11% of people are left handed.
• Did you know unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it.
• Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
• Did you know 8% of people have an extra rib
• Did you know the smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear
• Did you know stewardesses is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand
• Did you know that you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)
• Did you know all the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes
• Did you know your foot has 26 bones in it
• Did you know the average human brain contains around 78% water
• Did you know a 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
• Did you know your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
• Did you know a 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
• Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
• Did you know an average person will spend 25 years asleep
• Did you know the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression
• Did you know your skin is the largest organ making up the human body
• Did you know the hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your body not attached to any other
• Did you know your most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest to your thumb)
• Did you know the human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of gold
• Did you know women blink twice as much as men
• Did you know Scotland has the most redheads
• Did you know household dust is made of dead skin cells
• Did you know the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles
• Did you know you take over 23,000 breaths everyday
• Did you know your foot and your forearm are the same length
• Did you know you burn more calories sleeping than watching television
• Did you know 56% of typing is completed by your left hand
• Did you know human thigh bones are stronger than concrete
• Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
• Did you know your mouth produces 1 litre of saliva a day
• Did you know your head contains 22 bones
• Did you know the coloured part of your eye is called the iris
• Did you know if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
• Did you know everyone has a unique tongue print
• Did you know you begin to feel thirsty when your body losses 1% of water
• Did you know hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes
• Did you know not all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)
• Did you know your most active muscles are in your eye
• Did you know your liver has over 500 functions
• Did you know your brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
• Did you know horses have 18 more bones than humans
• Did you know blonde beards grow faster than darker beards
• Did you know when recognizing a persons face you use the right side of your brain
• Did you know the human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels
• Did you know the hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail
• Did you know on average you blink 25,000 a day
• Did you know men have 10% more red blood cells than women
• Did you know you have fewer muscles than a caterpillar
• Did you know when your face blushes so does your stomach lining
• Did you know 1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands
• Did you know your normal body temperature is 37C (99F)
• Did you know red blood cells are produced in bone marrow
• Did you know you shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks
• Did you know a Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure
• Did you know oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body
• Did you know the fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human
• Did you know the average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime
• Did you know the longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is 'lollipop'
• Did you know people who work at night tend to weigh more
• Did you know wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times
• Did you know new born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206)
• Did you know you use 72 different muscles while speaking
• Did you know the most common disease is tooth decay
• Did you know the average person goes to the toilet 6 times a day
• Did you know your foot is the most common body part bitten by insects
• Did you know the longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years
• Did you know your right lung takes in more air than your left
• Did you know women's hearts beat faster than mens
• Did you know the average person has 10,000 taste buds
• Did you know the ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30c (64-86f)
• Did you know honey enters your blood stream within 20 minutes of being eaten
• Did you know you brain weights 2% of your body weight though uses 20% of all oxygen you breathe and 15% of the body's blood supply
• Did you know each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die
• Did you know the hardest substance in the human body is enamel
• Did you know there are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body
• Did you know the number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes
• Did you know every year over 98% of atoms in your body are replaced
• Did you know your blood is 6 times thicker than water
• Did you know 44% of people have broken a bone.