The average tastebud lives only 10 days before it dies and is replaced by a new one.
15
Your wounds heal faster if you lick them, you instinctively do this for that reason. Tears help, too.
20
Ernest Hemingway survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
67
A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.
23
Your skeleton keeps growing until you are about 35, then you start to shrink.
74
The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
79
The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
120
The male fetus is capable of attaining an erection during the last trimester.
75