25 Interesting Facts About Human Body

What’s up people!

Today I’m going to talk about us! I know what you’re thinking, “Uhh, but we already know a lot about ourselves.” Yeah, I know that and I don’t mean ‘us’. I meant about the human body. The human body is more than just organs, obviously. It is one of the most fascinating things on earth. Well, I found so many interesting facts about the human body that you probably didn’t know:

1. The human eye blinks an average of 4.2 million times a year.
2. Eyelashes last about 150 days.
3. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
4. Babies only blink once or twice a minute, while adults average 10 times a minute.
5. Your blood has the same amount of salt in it as the ocean does.
6. Your blood makes up about 8% of your body weight.
7. In just one day, our blood runs the distance of about 12,000 miles or about 19,000 km.
8. The average human body has 0.2 milligrams of Gold.
9. When listening to music, your heartbeat will sync with the rhythm.
10. Infants are born with approximately 300 bones, but as they grow some of these bones fuse and by the time they reach adulthood, they only have 206 bones.
11. Your body has more than 600 muscles.
12. The largest muscle in your body is the one you are sitting on!
13. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue and the hardest bone is the jaw bone.
14. About 60% of our body is made up of water.
15. Your mouth produces about one litre of saliva each day!
16. There are about 40,000 bacteria in the human mouth.
17. Fingernails grow about four times faster than your toenails.
18. The acid in your stomach is so strong that it can dissolve razor blades.
19. The human eye can distinguish 10 million different colours.
20. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea of the eye. It receives oxygen directly from the air.
21. 50,000 cells in your body died and were replaced by new ones while you were reading this sentence.
22. An average person breathes in around 11,000 liters of air every day.
23. We lose 80% of our body heat from the head.
24. About 12% of humans dream in black and white.
25. You’re probably more like your dad.

Are you overwhelmed? I am! Again you probably knew some of these. My favourite one is number 9, when listening to music, your heartbeat will sync with the rhythm. I just love music and since it says music I chose it. Do you know any other facts about the human body that blow your mind?