{"id":21743,"date":"2015-12-17T09:12:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T08:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/?p=21743"},"modified":"2016-06-07T20:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:31:12","slug":"25-amazing-facts-about-the-human-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcrema.com\/25-amazing-facts-about-the-human-body\/","title":{"rendered":"25 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"happy-woman\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There is just so much to know about the human body. Minus the basic facts about your body, how much do you really know?<\/p>\n

These 20 facts about the human body would definitely amaze you.<\/p>\n

1. Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.<\/p>\n

2. Despite the fact that the brain accounts for 2% of the adult’s body mass, the human brain uses 20% of the entire body’s oxygen and calorie intake.<\/p>\n

3. The human brain can read up to 1,000 words per minute.<\/p>\n

4. When you blush, the lining of your stomach blushes too.<\/p>\n

5. Sweat is actually odourless, it’s the bacteria on the skin that mixes with sweat that causes it to produce odour.<\/p>\n

6. The bones are composed of 31% water.<\/p>\n

7. The heart beats around 100,000 times every day or about 30 million times in a year.<\/p>\n

8. When we smile, we exercise about 36 muscles.<\/p>\n

9. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.<\/p>\n

10. People with blue eyes have a higher alcohol tolerance.<\/p>\n

11. An average person produces about 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.<\/p>\n

12. Your body produces about 25 million new cells each second.<\/p>\n

13. In 30 minutes, the body gives off enough heat that could make a gallon of water to boil.<\/p>\n

14. Thousands of bacteria can be found inside your belly button that could form an ecosystem the size of an entire rain forest.<\/p>\n

15. The focusing muscles in your eyes move around 100,000 times a day. For your legs to have the same kind of workout, you would need to walk 50 miles.<\/p>\n

16. Your nose can remember 50 different scents.<\/p>\n

17. Your ears and nose never stop growing.<\/p>\n

18. Just as everyone has unique finger prints, we all have unique tongue prints.<\/p>\n

19. A sneeze could generate a wind of 166 km\/hr, while a cough comes out at a speed of 100 km\/hr.<\/p>\n

20. A person is expected to breathe in about 45 pounds of dust in his \/ her lifetime.<\/p>\n

21. Our nose performs air condition functions; it warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities.<\/p>\n

22. We make around 1 to 1.6 litres of saliva a day.<\/p>\n

23. Your taste buds are replaced every ten days.<\/p>\n

24. A human baby has over 60 more bones than an adult.<\/p>\n

25. In a day, the blood travels 12,000 miles around the body.<\/p>\n

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S.O.Z\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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