Oct 8, 2008

17 Interesting Facts About The Human Body

1. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.

2. A full bladder is roughly the size of a softball.

3. It takes 7 seconds for food to get from the mouth to the stomach.

4. One strand of human hair can support up to 6 lbs. [3 kgs.].

5. Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

6. The tighter attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.

7. The average man's penis is three times the length of his thumb. [Guys, stop looking at your thumb! Girls, stop looking at the thumb of the guy next to you!

8. A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

9. If the average male never shaves, his beard would be 13 feet long when he dies.

10. Men with hairless chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver.

11. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of foot---2 trillion in both feet. (Wonder why they smell bad?)

12. The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.

13. When a person looks at someone he/she loves, the pupils dilate, and they do the same when one looks at someone he/she hates.

14. Ears secrete more wax when one is afraid.

15. The body uses 300 muscles to balance itself while standing still.

16. If saliva cannot dissolve something, one cannot taste it.

17. An average woman is 5 inches shorter than an average man.

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