Post by adam on Aug 23, 2008 6:52:29 GMT
The human body is the piece of machine the most fascinating, complexe and confusing in the world; equipped to heal itself from its wounds. For example, each second, 100 000 different chemical reactions take place in our brain, forming thinkings, emotions and actions. Luckly, our body is well-balanced. If our ears were abit more sensible, we would be able to hear the mouvement of the blood in our body which would sound like a high current river! Here are 15 fascinating facts concerning the human body:
1- Your eyes are capable of distinguishing 8 million different degrees of colours.
2- Each one of our lungs are full of 300 million miniscule bags called alveoles. If they were made flat, they would cover up to 1000 feet square.
3- Your brain has 10 billion nervous cells and can save up to 86 million information every day.
4- You have 206 bones in your body and half of them are in ur hands and feet.
5- Your ears can distinguish 300 000 different sounds.
6- Our skin measures 20 square feet and weighs about 6 pounds.
7- The average weight of a heart is 10 ounces and it beats 72 times each minute and 100 000 times each day.
8- Your heart pumps 2.5 litres of blood each minute and 2 000 gallons each day.
9- Your body produces a billion new red blood cells each day.
10- If u lose one of ur kidneys, the one that is left, grows to get the size of 2 kidneys and function as 2 kidneys.
11- Each square inch of your skin caontains about 32 billion bacterias, adding up to 100 billion bacteria on ur skin, which is 22 times the population of the planet.
12- If all your arteries, veins and capillaries were stretched the one after the other, it will cover 60,000 miles which is 2.5 times the tour of the planet.
13- Your mouth produces 0.5 litres of saliva each day and around 10 000 gallons during life, which is enough to fill a family-size swimming pool.
14- A square inch of your skin contains 9.5 million cells, 97 oily glands and 77 feet of nerves.
15- Your body contains enough fat to make 7 bars of soap, enough lime to whiten a hangar and enough phosphorous to make 2 000 matches.
I hope these informations were valuable to you as they are to me! I hope u liked it!
1- Your eyes are capable of distinguishing 8 million different degrees of colours.
2- Each one of our lungs are full of 300 million miniscule bags called alveoles. If they were made flat, they would cover up to 1000 feet square.
3- Your brain has 10 billion nervous cells and can save up to 86 million information every day.
4- You have 206 bones in your body and half of them are in ur hands and feet.
5- Your ears can distinguish 300 000 different sounds.
6- Our skin measures 20 square feet and weighs about 6 pounds.
7- The average weight of a heart is 10 ounces and it beats 72 times each minute and 100 000 times each day.
8- Your heart pumps 2.5 litres of blood each minute and 2 000 gallons each day.
9- Your body produces a billion new red blood cells each day.
10- If u lose one of ur kidneys, the one that is left, grows to get the size of 2 kidneys and function as 2 kidneys.
11- Each square inch of your skin caontains about 32 billion bacterias, adding up to 100 billion bacteria on ur skin, which is 22 times the population of the planet.
12- If all your arteries, veins and capillaries were stretched the one after the other, it will cover 60,000 miles which is 2.5 times the tour of the planet.
13- Your mouth produces 0.5 litres of saliva each day and around 10 000 gallons during life, which is enough to fill a family-size swimming pool.
14- A square inch of your skin contains 9.5 million cells, 97 oily glands and 77 feet of nerves.
15- Your body contains enough fat to make 7 bars of soap, enough lime to whiten a hangar and enough phosphorous to make 2 000 matches.
I hope these informations were valuable to you as they are to me! I hope u liked it!
