Weird Body Facts

Did you know that your nose can remember about 50,000 different scents?

The average human body produces enough saliva in a lifetime to fill two swimming pools.

Your ears continue to grow throughout your entire life.

The fastest growing nail on your body is your middle finger.

Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.

The stronger your grip, the longer you may live.

Your feet have half a million sweat glands, producing about half a pint of sweat per day.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors.

The acids in your stomach are strong enough to dissolve razor blades.

Your heart beats around 100,000 times a day.

The surface area of your lungs is roughly the size of a tennis court.

Your brain is more active at night than during the day.

Humans and giraffes have the same number of neck vertebrae.

The top layer of your skin is completely replaced every 2 to 4 weeks.

Your nose can remember certain smells that trigger specific memories.

The human body is estimated to be made up of 7 octillion atoms.

Your intestines are about 25 feet long.

Your liver can regenerate itself even if only 25% remains.

Eyebrows help to prevent sweat from dripping into your eyes.

Humans are the only animals that produce emotional tears.

The human body produces enough heat in only 30 minutes to boil a gallon of water.

Weird Body Facts part 2

Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small light bulb.

The average human has about 100,000 hairs on their head.

Your nose and ears never stop growing throughout your life.

Humans blink approximately 15-20 times per minute, totaling up to 28,000 times per day.

Your body’s bones are stronger ounce for ounce than steel.

Humans have a unique fingerprint pattern that cannot be replicated.

The human heart can create enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet.

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks to protect itself from digestive acids.

Your hair can stretch up to 30% of its original length when wet.

The average person will shed about 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime.

Your teeth are the only part of your body that cannot heal themselves.

Humans have about 100,000 taste buds, with some being more sensitive than others.

The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart.

The human body has enough iron in it to make a 3-inch nail.

The average person walks about 70,000 miles in their lifetime, which is equivalent to walking around the Earth three times.

Your body contains enough carbon to make roughly 900 pencils.

Humans have a unique set of fingerprints, tongue prints, and lip prints.

Your nose can differentiate between approximately 1 trillion different scents.

Humans are taller in the morning than in the evening due to gravity compressing the spinal discs throughout the day.

Your bones are 4 times stronger than concrete.

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

The average person will produce enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.

Your brain is more active at night than during the day, and its activity pattern changes depending on if you are awake or asleep.