Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
    -137
    The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
    23
    In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
    130
    Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
    17
    One human hair can support 3 ounces.
    191
    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
    35
    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
    99
    There's 100 trillion good bacteria living in your body.
    17