Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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    It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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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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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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