Incredible Facts about the Human Body
Read on to learn some fascinating facts a human body does.
Human being as God said “is a perfect creation’. Each and every part performs special and unique tasks. Read on to learn some incredible things the human body does.
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A healthy human body contains an adequate amount of :
- iron to make a three inch nail.
- carbon to produce 1,000 pencils.
- potassium to trigger a toy cannon.
- sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog.
- phosphorous enough to make 8 match heads.
- fat to produce 7 bars of soap.
- water to fill a ten gallon tank.
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- Almost ¼ of our bones are found in the feet.
- The human hand contains 14 finger bones or phalanges.
- The largest muscle in the human body is the buttock muscle.
- Fingernails grow faster than toenails and for a new nail grow from tip to base will probably takes 6 months.
- For the record, an individual loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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- For a fact, human brain is made up of 80% water and it stops growing as one reach the age of 18.
- All in all, the human body contains 70,000 miles of blood vessels.
- Human brain has a storage capacity of about 4 terabytes (4, 000 gigabytes), while human senses can transmit up to 100 million messages to the brain every second.
- A human liver could still rejuvenate and functions even if 80% of it were removed.
- Just like fingerprint, each individual has a unique tongue print.
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- Ever wonder what would a piece of white paper looked like after you have spent long hours working at a computer monitor, guess what — it will appear somewhat pink in color.
- Between watching television and sleeping ,our body burns more calories doing the latter activity.
- A cough can travel up to 60 miles per hour carrying with it a highly-charged, volatile air.
- If you measure the inside of your elbow up to wrist, you will arrive at a measurement that is nearly the length of your forearm.
- At the age of 60, many of us will have only 50 percent of our taste buds working.
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- In his lifetime, an average man can consume up to 16,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
- However, an average healthy man do sweats 2 1/2 quarts every day.
- Researches showed that men’s heart beat slower than women.
- On an average of 70 beats per minute, the human heart will have beat more or less 2.5 billion times as a person reaches 70.
- Researches made by German specialists showed that there is a high percentage that a person will suffer a heart attack on Monday than any other day of the week.
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24 Responses to “Incredible Facts about the Human Body”
On September 13, 2009 at 12:28 pm
excellant information! A great read! I always wondered how much times the heart beats through our lifetime! How strong is it lol?
Thanks for this friend!
On September 13, 2009 at 1:39 pm
WOW Truly amazing! Totally liked that and I didn’t know so much out of that. Very well researched and superb job! Hope you make it to hot content!
On September 13, 2009 at 2:23 pm
What a lot of new and fascinating for me to learn. Great work.
Christine
On September 13, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I too learned a lot that I didn’t know. This was well written and moved. It was great.
On September 13, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Fascinating info papaleng! The human body is an extraordinary piece of work.
On September 13, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I have always found it amazing regarding the number of bones in our feet. Take good care of your feet!
On September 13, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Amazing information in this well presented article. Another good job, my friend.
On September 13, 2009 at 7:29 pm
A very informative and a very entertaining article. Thanks for sharing. Love it.
On September 13, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Very cool!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
On September 13, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Papaleng, I have learned more about the human body than I knew before. thanks for all the info.
On September 14, 2009 at 12:09 am
Truly amazing. Excellent research and writing.
Monica.
On September 14, 2009 at 2:23 am
This is an amazing article! Lots of great facts that I did not know, Thank you for sharing!
On September 14, 2009 at 3:14 am
Fantastic. Indeed human body is a miracle
On September 14, 2009 at 8:19 am
Another job well done. Thank you for this amazing post
On September 14, 2009 at 10:59 am
I guess I better enjoy my taste buds while I’ve got them, huh?
Good work.
On September 14, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Fabulous statistic of human body can do,Huge research..
On September 14, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I can guess why we suffer heart attacks on Monday. It’s the dreaded got to go back to work day – or perhaps because we pack so much into our w/e?
Enjoyable read. Thanks!
On September 14, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Remarkable data of the human body we carry for so many years
i wish you could also have said
why some people die younger and some who need to die cannot
your observation and knowledge
surpasses human vision
On September 14, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Amazing Papaleng! It’s funny to know about the fats can make 7 soap..what about for obese people? can be a factory of soap…LOLz oops sorry…
On September 15, 2009 at 6:05 am
Interesting article. I didn’t know that we lose taste buds as we get older. You mean I will lose 40% of my taste buds when I get to 60? Hmmmmmmmm…
On September 15, 2009 at 8:57 am
Interesting. haha.. funny. astig..=)
On September 17, 2009 at 7:56 am
good reason for not liking Mondays!!
On September 19, 2009 at 1:36 am
..Highly informative and well presented article..I really like this one..Well done!
On October 4, 2009 at 12:17 pm
totally incredible… loads of information!
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