Health Facts
The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.
A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks
In your life your heart will pump approximately 1 million barrels of blood
A kiss for one minute can burn 26 cals
In a lifetime, an average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva
You consume 1/10th of a calorie when you lick a stamp
All babies are colour blind when they are born
The human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries
Scientists have determined that having guilty feelings may actually damage your immune system
Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining
In a month, a fingernail grows an eighth of an inch
The average amount of time spent kissing for a person in a lifetime is 20,160 minutes
The average ear grows 0.01 inches in length every year
A headache and inflammatory pain can be reduced by eating 20 tart cherries
The space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella
Your heart beats 101,000 times a day. During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times
On average a hiccup lasts 5 minutes.
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.
The tallest nation in the world is the Watusis of Burundi.
On average, you breathe 23,000 times a day.
A typical athlete's heart churns out 25 to 30 litres (up to 8 gallons) of blood per minute.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth
A person remains conscious for eight seconds after being decapitated
On average, people can hold their breath for one minute. The world record is seven-and-a-half minutes.
On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day - although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).
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