Human Body

CMA KNVV Sri Vidya - Sri Kanth (C.A.Final (New) ICWAI FINAL (New))   (11269 Points)

18 August 2009  
 
  • Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.
  • Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
  • It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
  • The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
  • Your brain is more active during the night than the day.
  • One human hair can support 3kg.
  • Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
  • The tooth is the only part of the human body that can’t repair itself.
  • An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.
  • It is impossible to lick your elbow.
  • Your body requires 1000-1500 calories per day just to simply survive (breathing, sleeping, eating).
  • Every day an adult body produces 300 billion new cells.
  • Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
  • You use 200 muscles to take one step.
  • Muscle cells live as long as you do while skin cells live less than 24 hours.
  • A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
  • Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light a 10-watt light bulb.
  • There are 5 million hair follicles on an average adult.
  • The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.
  • The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
  • The white part of your fingernail is called the Lunula.
  • There is enough iron in a human being to make one small nail.
  • A shank is the part of the sole between the heel and the ball of the foot.
  • The talus is the second largest bone in the foot.
  • The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.
  • A 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his foot in 1977.
  • Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
  • A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
  • Dogs and Humans are the only animals with prostates.
  • It only takes 7lbs of of pressure to rip off your ears.