Fun Facts About the Human Body

Photo by Sabrina McDonald
Did you know, Humans share 98.4% of DNA with a Chimpanzee and 70% with a Slug? Keep reading for more cool, weird, and interesting facts you may not have known about the human body and its abilities.
- Your ears never stop growing
- The small intestine is about twenty-three feet long
- Your body has enough iron in it to produce a nail up to three inches long
- The entire surface of your skin is replaced every month
- There are more than 100,000 miles of blood vessels in your body
- A person will die from lack of sleep sooner than dying of starvation
- You pee enough in a month to fill a whole bathtub
- You cannot breathe and swallow at the same time
- A human head remains conscious for fifteen to twenty seconds after decapitation
- The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap
- Your brain is more active when you are asleep
- The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue
- When a person blushes so does the inside of their stomach
- Babies cannot produce tears until a month after birth
- Stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve razorblades
- Humans are bioluminescent, but the human eye cannot detect the light
- Your left lung is 10% smaller than your right
- 80% of the human brain is water
- Human teeth are as strong as shark teeth
- 8% of your body weight is made up of blood
Source: National Geographic, All that’s interesting
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