Fascinating Facts about the Human Body

The human brain generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all the telephones in the world combined.

Every person has a unique set of fingerprints, tongue prints, and even ear prints.

The human nose can remember about 50,000 different scents.

The average person blinks approximately 15-20 times per minute.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter muscle, which is responsible for chewing.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that’s connected at only one end.

The human body contains enough iron to make a small iron nail.

The average person will produce about 25,000 quarts of saliva in their lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.

Your heart beats around 100,000 times in a single day, pumping about 2,000 gallons of blood.

Human teeth are just as strong as shark teeth.

The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.

Sneezes can travel up to 100 miles per hour.

Adults have 206 bones, while babies have around 300 bones.

The surface area of the human lung is as large as a tennis court.

The average person walks the equivalent of five times around the Earth in their lifetime.

Humans shed about one million skin cells per hour.

The human body has over 600 muscles.

There are more bacteria cells in your body than human cells.

The human stomach can produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks to avoid digesting itself.

Fascinating Facts about the Human Body part 2

Your hair can hold up to 50% of its weight in water.

The average person produces about 25,000 quarts of urine in their lifetime.

Babies are born with 300 bones, but as they grow, some of the bones fuse together, resulting in the adult bone count of 206.

Your liver can regenerate itself completely within six months.

The human body produces enough heat in 30 minutes to boil a half-gallon of water.

The small intestine is about 22 feet long, while the large intestine is only about 5 feet long.

The human heart starts beating as early as three weeks after conception.

Babies are born with 350 bones, but as they grow, some of the bones fuse together, resulting in the adult bone count of 206.

The average person’s skin is home to around 1,000 different species of bacteria.

Your body has enough carbon to produce about 9,000 pencils.

Your fingernails grow at an average rate of 0.1mm per day.

The average person eats about 70,000 pounds of food in their lifetime.

Your body carries about 0.2mg of gold, most of it in your blood.

The human heart can create enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.

Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s hearts.

Your body produces about 25 million new cells every second.

Humans produce more saliva when they are nauseated.

Babies are born with a natural ability to swim and hold their breath.

The average human head has about 100,000 hairs.

Your nose can remember up to 50,000 different smells.

The human body is composed of enough carbon to fill about 9,000 pencils.

The human skeleton accounts for about 14% of the total body weight.

The human brain is the most energy-consuming organ, using about 20% of the body’s total energy.

Humans are the only species that blushes.

Your pinky finger contributes up to 50% of your hand strength.

The human body can produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools in a lifetime.