Curiosities of the human body

May 19, 2011 by: 0

-The gastric acid that the human stomach eliminates to break down the food is so powerful that it can dissolve a razor blade.

-When we hit a certain place of the elbow we feel a strong pain. This is because here goes the cubital nerve, positioned along the humerus bone. It is considered that this would be a short form of paralysis.

-When you look at a person you like, your pupils dilate involuntarily. The same happens when you look at someone you hate.

-The heaviest “organ” of the body is the skin. It weighs 3.2 kg.

-The strongest muscle in human body is the tongue.

-Cells that make up the human brain can store up to five times more information than the Britannica Encyclopedia contains.

-According to some research, a woman needs an extra hour of sleep compared to a man.

-The human body releases enough energy in 30 minutes as to heat a liter of water.

-If all the 600 muscles of the human body would be tense at the same time and in the same direction, a man could lift a  weight of 25 tonnes.

-Physically, a woman is fit to born thirty-five children throughout her life

-Two of the three couples turn heads right when kissing.

-Without pigments, our skin would be too white. But the blood vessels of the skin add a touch of red. Yellow and sepia melanin pigment are created by the UV rays. These four colors are blended to give rise to skin color for all races.

-Baby dreams all the time. Those who are born prematurely will dream more at maturity.

-Women who read romance novels have sex twice as often than those who do not accept this type of literature.

-Homosexuality was considered mental illness until 1973

-The human body has more than 12.00 km of blood vessels.

-The heart beats approximately 2,700,000,000 times throughout life.

-More than half of the 206 bones of the body are found in hands and feet.

-A person can live up to a month without food but only a week without water.

-All babies are born with blue eyes. After a few hours after birth, the color may change. Most people eventually come to have different color eyes.

-A single hair can support a weight of 3kg (6 lb).

-A simple kiss sets in motion two muscle,a passionate kiss ask all of the 34 facial muscles.

-A sneeze leaves your mouth with a speed exceeding 965 km / h.

-70% of body heat is lost through the skull.

-Every day we have around 70.000 thoughts.

-Ears can distinguish more than 300.000 tones.

-A man makes in a year about 2.5 million steps.

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