19 ASTOUNDING FACTS ABOUT HUMAN BODY

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19 ASTOUNDING FACTS ABOUT HUMAN BODY

Humans are roughly 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.

Human fingers are so sensitive, that if your fingers were the size of Earth, you could feel the difference between a house and a car.

The human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth were flat, you could spot a candle flickering at night from up to 30 miles away.

Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.

Humans shed 40 pounds of skin in their lifetime, completely replacing their outer skin every month.

In one day, your blood travels 12,000 miles around your body. Thats four times the distance across the US from coast-to-coast.

Around 90 of the cells that make humans arent human in origin. Were mostly fungi and bacteria.

The human brain uses 20 of the entire bodys oxygen and calorie intake, despite only accounting for about 2 of an adults body mass

Each finger and toenail takes six months to grow from base to tip.

A condition called synesthesia can cause senses to overlap. In other words, some people can taste words or hear colors.

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I'm going to have to find out more about synesthesia. That's interesting. Thanks.

Source: https://blazepress.com/2014/08/19-insane-facts-never-knew-human-body/

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