The human body is a strange and mysterious place filled with gross guts and gurgling magic potions. Each of our bodies are a miracle; it’s amazing they work the way they do, day in and day out. If you thought what our bodies could do before, once you read this list of insane facts about the human body, you’ll be in awe. Never take your own body for granted, because some of the things it can do are mind-blowing.
1. Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin per hour.
2. Your nose can remember 50 000 different scents.
3. An average person produces about 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.
4. A human baby has over 60 more bones than an adult
5. There are 100,000 miles of blood vessels in an adult human body.
6. We all have tiny mites living in our eyelashes.
7. We all have tiny mites living in our eyelashes. Your heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood during your lifetime, enough to fill 200 train tank cars.
8. When awake, the human brain produces enough electricity to power a small lightbulb.
9. When you take one step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
10. Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen and blood in your body.
11. Your brain keeps developing until your late 40s.
12. There are more than 100 types of cancers; any part of the body can be affected.
13. Your bones are composed of 31% water.
14. In a lifetime, your brain’s long-term memory can hold as many as 1 quadrillion (1 million billion) separate bits of information.
15. There’s more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
16. Most of the dust underneath your bed is actually your own dead skin.
17. Sleeping less than 7 hours each night reduces your life expectancy.
18. Human fingers can feel objects as small as 13 nanometers. If your finger was the size of the Earth, you would feel the difference between houses and cars.
19. Your taste buds are replaced every 10 days.
20. Ears and Nose never stop growing.
