Friday, February 29, 2008

100 Weird Facts About the Human Body

Some things to ponder in your spare time:



The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb

Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream

The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you’ll have a bad drea

Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body

There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails

The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet

You get a new stomach lining every three to four days

Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph

Feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day

After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp

Everyone has a unique smell, except for identical twins

The ashes of a cremated person average about 9 pounds

A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated

It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown

Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren’t

Bootstrapper

The tooth is the only part of the human body that can’t repair itself

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