21 things you probably didn’t know about the human body

The human body is a machine that is full of wonder.  This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were.

1. Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.

2. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg.

3. The smallest is the male sperm.

4. You use 200 muscles to take one step.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.

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

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

15. There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

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

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

18. Your teeth start developing (in your gums) 6 months before you are born.

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

20. Blonds have more hair than dark-haired people.

21. Your thumb is the same length as your nose.

Thanks Fabian

20 thoughts on “21 things you probably didn’t know about the human body”

  1. RE: No. 10. I might easily believe that the entire human brain is capable of storing 5x the information contained in the Encyclopedia Britannica, but not a single brain cell.

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  2. 22. And after learning #21, it is almost impossible to not hold your thumb up to your face.

    Dail: I agree with you. Remembering a piece of knowledge is due to the cooperation of many cells firing in sequence. I think its just a typo though.

    And to #1: it must be including dreams you don’t remember, because my I.Q. is 156, and throughout my entire life I’ve had 3 dreams I can remember as of right now.

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  3. #17 is false. The hardest bone in the body is actually the ossicles (hammar, anvil, stapes) in the ear. IF they weren’t the hardest…well…it wouldn’t work for audition 😛

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  4. I had fun interchanging parts of sentences. Like, for guys, the first phrase in #19, ahead of #17.
    Or the first of 16 with the last of 9. #8 with #10.

    Like the old standby: I was built upside-down. My feet smell and my nose runs.

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  5. “The human body is a machine that is full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were.”
    Not to be a troll, but really? I fail to see how these trivial effects can inspire wonder.
    Also, the above statement assumes we are creationists.

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  6. Also, the big thumb also has only 2 bones while the other fingers have 3. There are 7 vertebrae in your neck, the same number as in a giraffe neck.
    JL

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