Random Human Body Facts

    45 facts tagged with Human Body Facts

    If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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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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    Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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    The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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    The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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    Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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