The human body is incredibly creative and has many unique features that many people are unaware of.
There are 25 amazing facts about some of the parts of the human body in basic terms as written by the medical media outlet, Medisite in its article 'Amazing Medical Facts of The Body':
1.
Every second the human body creates up
to 25 million cells.
2.
Blood cells, known as red blood cells,
can circulate throughout the body in less than 20 seconds.
3. Information reaches the brain at a speed
of 400 miles per day (400 km/h).
4. The human heart beats at least 100,000
times. On average, the heart beats 30 million times a year.
5.
Human blood travels more than 96,560 Km (60,000 Miles) per day. That's more than twice the distance around the world.
6.
Human lungs take in at least 2 million
liters of air per day.
7. When laughing, at least a person uses up
to 36 muscles.
8. A person has about 230 movable and semi
movable joints.
9. The human brain consists of more than
100 billion neurons.
10. A healthy adult eats about 500 pounds of
food per year.
11. A quarter of the bones that make up the
human body are in feet.
12. The average weight of an adult's skin is
2.7 kilograms.
13. No one can sneeze with his eyes open
14. A person produces between 1 and 1.6
liters of saliva per day.
15. A person inhales at least 20 pounds
(20kg) of dust in their lifetime.
16. A person has at least 5.6 liters of
blood. This blood circulates throughout the body at least three times (tours)
per minute.
17. In a person's lifetime, the heart sends
blood to at least a million lungs.
18. The beard is the hair that grows the
most on the human body.
19. A person's eyes grow and stop growing,
but noses and ears never stop growing.
20. A dog's sense of smell is 20 times
better than a human's.
21. Man is the only creature on Earth that
cries.
22. During a person’s lifetime, the total
time spent in the intestines is 5 years.
23. At the age of 60, a woman releases 450
eggs.
24. Humans and dolphins are the only
creatures that find pleasure in having sex.
25. A person can go a month without eating
but not more than a week without drinking (water).