Fun Facts About the Human Body

My grandma sent this to me in an email and it made me smile - well, ok, laugh. You'll see why as you continue reading.


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

2. You use 200 muscles to take one step.

3. The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the
average man.

4. Your big toes have two bones each while the rest
have three.

5. A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands

6. A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.

7. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to
dissolve razor blades.

8. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much
information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.

9. It takes the food seven seconds to get from your
mouth to your stomach.

10. The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.

11. Men without hair on their chests are more likely to
get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.

12. At the moment of conception, you spent about half
an hour as a single cell.

13. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of
your feet.

14. Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to
bring half a gallon of water to a boil.

15. The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance
in your body.

16. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are
born.

17. When you are looking at someone you love, your
pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are
looking at someone you hate.

18. Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

At this very moment I know full well you are
putting this last fact to the test... Now remove your thumb from your
nose and pass this on to the friends you think might be interested in
comparing their thumbs to their noses.