Unknown Facts About The Human Body

Did you know that there are numerous unknown facts about the human body? Let’s uncover them today. The human body is a complex yet beautiful creation of Mother Nature. A creation we don’t know much about. We spend all our lives living in this body constantly unaware of its beauty. Unaware of the interesting and fascinating details it possesses.

30 Unknown Fascinating Facts About The Human Body

#1 The human nose can detect about ONE MILLION smells

#2 Blood makes just about EIGHT PERCENT of your body weight

#3 The satisfying sound you hear from cracking your knuckles comes from gas bubbles bursting in your joints

#4 When you breathe, most of the air goes in and out of only one nostril and every few hours the workload is shifted to the other nostril.

#5 Humans are the only animals with chins

#6 Scientists don’t know why we yawn but the premature hypothesis around the same is that it may help regulate body temperature.

#7 The sole purpose of goosebumps was to make our ancestors appear more threatening to the predator.

#8 Skin is our largest organ and can comprise up to FIFTEEN PERCENT of our body weight.

#9 Thumbs have their own pulse

#10 On genetic level all human beings are at least NINETY NINE PERCENT identical.

#11 Nerve impulses sent from the brain move at a speed of 274 km/h.

#12 Around 50,000 CELLS died and were replaced by new ones while you were reading this sentence.

#13 Right handed people, on an average, live NINE YEARS longer than left handed people.

#14 We tend to forget, on an average, NINETY PERCENT of our dreams.

#15 The foot is the most TICKLISH part of our body.

#16 The heart circulates blood through your body approximately THOUSAND times a day.

#17 Your blood has the same amount of SALT as the ocean does.

#18 When you sneeze AIR blows out of your nose at approximately 160 km/h.

#19 You are TALLER in the morning than you are at night.

#20 Humans are the only animals that CRY when they are upset.

#21 Bones are FOUR TIMES stronger than concrete

#22 Your highest blood flow is not in your heart but in your KIDNEYS

#23 Your strongest and longest bone in your body is FEMUR (the bone in your thigh).

#24 An average person breathes in about ELEVEN THOUSAND LITRES of air everyday.

#25 Your NOSE and EARS continue growing throughout your life.

#26 Your sense of smell is TEN THOUSAND TIMES stronger than your sense of taste

#27 When listening to music your heartbeat gets in sync with the rhythm of the song you are listening to.

#28 An eyelash lives for almost ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DAYS before it falls out.

#29 Apart from fingerprints, humans also have unique TONGUE PRINTS.

#30 You CAN NOT breathe and swallow at the same time.

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