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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

human body facts


*More people alive today, than have ever died.

*Only one in 2 billion people will live to be 116 or older.

*In 1 year the our heart pumps approximately 1,500,00 gallons of bloodthrough the human body.

*Human eyes are the same from birth but our nose and ears never stopgrowing.

*If people had the same mortality rate as in the 1900s, then overhalf the people in the world would not be     alive.

*The average adult can read 150 - 200 words per minute and thevocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 - 7,000 words.

*Our hair on head grows at a rate of 0,35 millimentes per day and ournails normally grow at a rate of 0,1 mm per day. It will take about 3months to replace an entire fingernail.



*30,000 of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with newcells while you read this web page.

*The longest bone in the human body is the femur.

*The lowest section of the average person's arm - between the elbowand the wrist - is exactly the same lenght as their feet.

*Most adults have between 2 and 4 colds a year.


*Mouth ulcers are caused by brushing your teeth too vigorously,bitting your mouth or burning it with hot drinks. It can also be caused bystress.

*Doctors have noticed that most people who stutter rarely do so whenthey alone or when talking to pets.

*A little bit over 6% of the human population donates blood.

*The reason you don't laugh when you tickle yourself is because yourbrain anticipates and disregards your                                          own touch so it can focus on anticipationunexpected sensations.

*if all the blood vessels of a human body are straitened out and placed end to end they would be 100,000 long,  long enough to go round the equator 4 times.........

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