30 Odd & Interesting Facts About The Human Body Thirty

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1. Approximately 20 times per minute, or ten million times annually, you typically blink your eyes.
2. When a person reaches puberty, their height stops growing, but their ears and nose continue to expand; this phenomena is caused by gravity.
3. The clear front surface of our eyes, the cornea, draws its oxygen straight from the atmosphere rather than from a blood supply!
4. Were you aware? One strange fact about the human body is that it contains seven bars of soap’s worth of fat.
5. The human brain has a three to six minute survival period once the oxygen supply is cut off.
6. Humans acquire fingertips just three months after conception, when they are still embryos. This indicates that the baby’s fingertips are fully formed just after the first trimester.
7. A person’s stomach lining becomes crimson when they blush, and they may feel this too.
8. Astronauts can grow up to two inches in length while in space, which is an odd fact concerning height.
9. Teratomas are tumors that have the ability to generate their own hair and teeth.
10. When you listen to music, your heart might beat in time with the beat.
11. Humans have 206 bones instead of 300 during their lifetime.
12. The human heart is capable of beating outside the body.
13. The diving reflex, which can stop body functioning, is innate in all individuals. When someone drowns or is submerged in water, this is triggered.
14. Although they are too faint for the human eye to see, humans can glow in the dark.
15. The organs in the human body are found both in pairs and in a singular count. On the other hand, you only need one of the pairs of organs to survive.
16. Your brain may begin to consume itself if you go through a period of severe hunger.
17. Your small intestine is approximately 23 feet tall, longer than you.
18. The feet contain one-fourth of all the bones in the human body.
19. The human body contains more than 100,000 miles of blood channels when all blood vessels are added up.
20. You are taller in the morning than you are at night, if you were to measure yourself.
21. Are you aware of this? It will be impossible for you to swallow and breathe simultaneously.
22. The location of your right kidney is marginally inferior to that of your left.
23. If you’ve heard the phrase “pregnancy brain,” you should know that it refers to a real condition—not a myth—where a woman’s brain shrinks significantly during pregnancy.
24. Have you ever pondered how big the brain is? Your brain would resemble a pillowcase if the creases were completely gone.
25. Your stomach secretes an acid called stomach acid, which is so potent it can even dissolve metal. It can therefore even burn your skin!
26. Humans have a distinct tongue print, just like fingerprints.
27. Approximately 600,000 skin particles are lost by individuals every hour, which is another strange fact about the human body.
28. This is just one more interesting fact about people. A trillion cells make up the human body. Furthermore, if any one of the cells has a mutation, the cells may spontaneously combine to become cancer. Additionally, since each cell is divided into about 30,000 genes, there’s a possibility that you have battled cancer before.
29. Are you aware of this? While adults blink at least ten times in a minute, babies only blink once or twice.
30. An individual generates 25,000 quarts of saliva during their lifetime, nearly two swimming pools’ worth.