Breathing Facts

Some turtles can breathe through their butts.

It is impossible to hum if your nose is plugged.

You mostly breathe from only one nostril at a time!

Your ribs move about 8 million times a year, every time you breathe!

You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.

The right lung takes in more air than the left.

Scientists have developed injectable microparticles filled with oxygen that can keep animals alive for up to 30 minutes without breathing, potentially revolutionizing emergency medicine.

The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.