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Body Secrets: Hidden Facts about the Human Body

  By Trina Remedios  posted Aug 10th 2012 at 8:00AM IN | Avg Rating
Healthy Living

The human body is a complex system, even in the 21st century. Every day is a new day for scientists and doctors. In this serious scenario, doctors and scientists share a good laugh on some of the unusual aspects of the human body. Today we're sharing some of these bizarre aspects about the human body; get ready to be in awe, gasp and continue to marvel at the human body. Here goes…  *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images

  • Your brain comprises 80% of water
  • brain itself cannot feel pain
  • facial hair grows faster
  • Daily you lose 60-100 strands of hair
  • A strand of human hair can take up 3.5 ounces
  • Blondes have more hair than others
  • squirt blood 30 feet
  • Just like your finger print your tongue has a unique print
  • Women blink twice as many times as men do
  • swimming pools
  • Sexual intercourse takes place 120 million times on earth on any day
  • largest cell in the human body
  • Most men have erections every hour or hour and a half during sleep
  • When you overeat, your hearing reduces
  • Monday is the day of the week
  • You use 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown
  • The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue
  • It is impossible to tickle yourself
  • Your body has enough iron in it to make a nail 3 inches long
  • Human hair takes the longest to disintegrate

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