Some interesting facts about the human body

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Humans are roughly 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.

Human fingers are so sensitive, that if your fingers were the size of Earth, you could feel the difference between a house and a car.

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A single human blood cell takes only 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

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The higher your I.Q. the more you dream.

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The human brain uses 20% of the entire body’s oxygen and calorie intake, despite only accounting for about 2% of an adult’s body mass.

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The focusing muscles of the eyes move around 100,000 times a day. To give your leg muscles the same workout, you would need to walk 50 miles every day.

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The human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth were flat, you could spot a candle flickering at night from up to 30 miles away.

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Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.

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Humans shed 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime, completely replacing their outer skin every month.

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The average person “breaks wind” 14 times each day.

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The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.

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Each finger and toenail takes six months to grow from base to tip.

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Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph.

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Around 90% of the cells that make humans aren’t “human” in origin. We’re mostly fungi and bacteria.

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A full bladder is roughly the size of a softball.

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Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.

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The human brain is much more active at night than during the day.

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A condition called synesthesia can cause senses to overlap. In other words, some people can taste words or hear colors.

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In one day, your blood travels 12,000 miles around your body. That’s four times the distance across the US from coast-to-coast.

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It is impossible to tickle yourself.

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