Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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    Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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    Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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    Some monks can increase their body temperature so much they can dry soaking sheets in a freezing room!
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