Friday Forwards - #27

Friday, June 24, 2011
Interesting Facts about Human Body


-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream.


-The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.


-You use 200 muscles to take one step.


-The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.


-Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.


-A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.


-A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.


-The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.


-The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.


-It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.


-The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.


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


-At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.


-There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.


-Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.


-The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.


-Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.


-When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.


-Your thumb is the same length of your nose.


At this very moment I know well you are putting this last fact to the test...
...now remove your thumb from your nose and move on the next blog!!!

6 comments:

  1. Wow very interesting! Happy Friday.

    Amber

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  2. That's absolutely fascinating, Linda - only knew a few of those. And yes, thumb was against the nose! Have a good weekend.

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  3. Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one with my thumb on my nose!! I definitley won't go licking anyone's feet anytime soon now, either!!

    Happy Friday.

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  4. I don't think I knew any of these things. Very cool. And you're right about my thumb and nose :)
    Happy Weekend!

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  5. I only knew a handful of these. I am a sucker for facts like this. Awesome.

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