Interesting Facts About Your Body

Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

Babies are born without kneecaps; they don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

One human hair can support 3kg.

Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.

If the liver ever stops working a person will die within 8 to 24 hours.

The nail on our middle finger grows fastest. The nail on the thumb grows slowest.

The most common disease of the world is tooth-decay.

One fifth of the oxygen we inhale is used up by the cells in the brain.

The human eye can distinguish about 17,000 different colours.

We die more quickly from lack of sleep than lack of food.

It takes 17 muscles to smile and 40 muscles to frown.

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

When we sneeze, our entire bodily functions stop, even our heart beat.