Amazing Medical Facts of the Body

Total No. of Medical Facts - 341
  • 61. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
  • 62. You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              You can only smell 1/20th as well as a dog.

  • 63. People are the only animals in the world who cry tears.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  People are the only animals in the world who cry tears.
  • 64. In your very own lifetime, you'll produce enough spit to fill two swimming pools.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In your very own lifetime, you'll produce enough spit to fill two swimming pools.
  • 65. You breathe in about 7 quarts of air every minute.  We breathe 13 pints of air every minute.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             You breathe in about 7 quarts of air every minute. We breathe 13 pints of air every minute.
  • 66. Your dad sweats enough each day to fill up a 6 pack of soda cans...and then some.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Your dad sweats enough each day to fill up a 6 pack of soda cans...and then some.
  • 67. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
  • 68. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days,  you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
  • 69. If you toot consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy  of an atomic bomb.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       If you toot consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
  • 70. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood, that it could squirt blood 30 feet.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps blood, that it could squirt blood 30 feet.
  • 71. Banging your head against a wall uses 150  calories an hour.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
  • 72. On average people fear spiders more than they do death.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
  • 73. Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza  every day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
  • 74. Did you know that you are more likely to be killed  by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Did you know that you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?
  • 75. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years  longer than left-handed people do.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
  • 76. If you blink one eye you move over 200 muscles.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          If you blink one eye you move over 200 muscles.
  • 77. The length of your foot is the same as that of your forearm between your wrist and the inside of your elbow.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The length of your foot is the same as that of your forearm between your wrist and the inside of your elbow.
  • 78. In 24 hours, the blood in the body travels a total of 12,000 miles - that's four times the width of North America.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       In 24 hours, the blood in the body travels a total of 12,000 miles - that's four times the width of North America.
  • 79. The human gut contains about 1kg (2.2 lbs) of bacteria. In fact, there are more bacteria growing in and on the body than there are human cells.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The human gut contains about 1kg (2.2 lbs) of bacteria. In fact, there are more bacteria growing in and on the body than there are human cells.
  • 80. Humans have more facial muscles than any other animal on earth - 22 on each side of the face.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Humans have more facial muscles than any other animal on earth - 22 on each side of the face.
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