- 50 billion cells die in your body daily. New cells regenerate at 25 million new cells per second.
- Bones are 50 times lighter than steel but just as strong as steel. Bones only account for 14% of the total weight of the body.
- Your nose can recognize 50,000 different scents. The weakest sense among the five senses is your sense of smell.
- The brain receives nerve impulses at speeds up to 240 km/h. The human brain is a very soft substance looking just like butter. Your brain requires a lot to function. It uses 20% of your body’s oxygen and calories.
- Our body generates enough heat in 30 minutes, enough to boil half a gallon of water.
- A typical human being produces 28400 liters of saliva in his life. The average human being swallows one liter of saliva a day.
- Humans are mostly made up of fungi and bacteria accounting for 90% of the cells that make up a human.
- The human body contains around 250 grams of salt, which is why your sweat and tears taste a bit salty.
- The human body contains 200 pain receptors per square centimeter of the skin, and it also contains 15 receptors for pressure, 6 for chilliness, and 1 for warmth.
- Newborn babies see everything upside down as their little eyes haven’t learned to flip the images up the right way yet.
- When you were born into the world, you had over 300 bones in your body but, when you turned into an adult, it turned into 206 bones.
- The human brain has enough power to light up a small light bulb as we discharge around 20 watts of electricity that means you could charge an iPhone in 70 hours.
- Sneezing is dangerous in a way. If you hold your breath while sneezing, you risk damaging your neck or head, but sneezing too hard can cause a human to fracture a rib.
- Not only do we get goosebumps from we’re too scared or stressed but, our body secretes more earwax as well
- If you add up the population of every country in the world. You still don’t get the same number of bacterial microbes that live in your mouth.
- Humans glow in the dark and it is called bio-luminescent. But human eyes aren’t able to see the light we emit.
- The heart creates so much pressure when it pumps it could fire blood nine meters into the air if there’s no obstruction.
