Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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