Random Body Facts

    64 facts tagged with Body Facts

    There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
    22
    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
    256
    Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
    124
    In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined) to bring a half gallon of water to boil.
    199
    Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
    22
    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 brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
    8
    In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
    23