1. It's possible for your body to survive without a surprisingly large fraction of its internal organs. Even if you lose your stomach, your spleen, 75% of your liver, 80% of your intestines, one kidney, one lung, and virtually every organ from your pelvic and groin area, you wouldn't be very healthy, but you would live.
2. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. Actually, saliva is more important than you realize. If your saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
3. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
The egg is actually the only cell in the body that is visible by the naked eye.
4. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue and the hardest bone is the jawbone.
5. Human feet have 52 bones, accounting for one quarter of all the human body's bones.
6. Feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day.
7. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. The reason it doesn't eat away at your stomach is that the cells of your stomach wall renew themselves so frequently that you get a new stomach lining every three to four days.
8. The human lungs contain approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) of airways and 300 to 500 million hollow cavities, having a total surface area of about 70 square meters, roughly the same area as one side of a tennis court. Furthermore, if all of the capillaries that surround the lung cavities were unwound and laid end to end, they would extend for about 992 kilometers. Also, your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
9. Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph, while coughs clock in at about 60 mph.
10. Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
11. Your body has enough iron in it to make a nail 3 inches long.
12. Earwax production is necessary for good ear health. It protects the delicate inner ear from bacteria, fungus, dirt and even insects. It also cleans and lubricates the ear canal.
13. Everyone has a unique smell, except for identical twins, who smell the same.
14. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born. This is why one out of every 2,000 newborn infants has a tooth when they are born.
15. A baby's head is one-quarter of its total length, but by the age of 25 will only be one-eighth of its total length. This is because people's heads grow at a much slower rate than the rest of their bodies.
16. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood the number is reduced to 206. Some of the bones, like skull bones, get fused into each other, bringing down the total number.
17. It's not possible to tickle yourself. This is because when you attempt to tickle yourself you are totally aware of the exact time and manner in which the tickling will occur, unlike when someone else tickles you.
18. Less than one third of the human race has 20-20 vision. This means that two out of three people cannot see perfectly.
19. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. But if you are a woman, you are a better smeller than men, and will remain a better smeller throughout your life.
20. The human body is estimated to have 60,000 miles of blood vessels.
21. The three things pregnant women dream most of during their first trimester are frogs, worms and potted plants. Scientists have no idea why this is so, but attribute it to the growing imbalance of hormones in the body during pregnancy.
22. The life span of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average. Every day the average person loses 60-100 strands of hair. But don't worry, you must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone.
23. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as an encyclopedia. Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream, and is itself made up of 80% water. Though it interprets pain signals from the rest of the body, the brain itself cannot feel pain.
24. The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
25. Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
26. By 60 years of age, 60% of men and 40% of women will snore.
27. We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening, because during normal activities during the day, the cartilage in our knees and other areas slowly compress.
28. The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb, even while you are sleeping. In fact, the brain is much more active at night than during the day.
29. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Neurons continue to grow throughout human life. Information travels at different speeds within different types of neurons.
30. It is a fact that people who dream more often and more vividly, on an average have a higher Intelligence Quotient.
31. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
32. Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body. This is true for men as well as women.
33. There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee.
34. A human fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
35. By the age of 60, most people will have lost about half their taste buds.
36. About 32 million bacteria call every inch of your skin home. But don't worry, a majority of these are harmless or even helpful bacteria.
37. The colder the room you sleep in, the higher the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.
38. Human lips have a reddish color because of the great concentration of tiny capillaries just below the skin.
39. Three hundred million cells die in the human body every minute.
40. Like fingerprints, every individual has an unique tongue print that can be used for identification.
41. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to]] 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
42. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. [I’ve known this, but didn’t know the number of muscles!]
43. Humans can make do longer without food than sleep. Provided there is water, the average human could survive a month to two months without food depending on their body fat and other factors. Sleep deprived people, however, start experiencing radical personality and psychological changes after only a few sleepless days. The longest recorded time anyone has ever gone without sleep is 11 days, at the end of which the experimenter was awake, but stumbled over words, hallucinated and frequently forgot what he was doing.
44. The most common blood type in the world is Type O. The rarest blood type, A-H or Bombay blood, due to the location of its discovery, has been found in less than hundred people since it was discovered.
45. Every human spent about half an hour after being conceived, as a single cell. Shortly afterward, the cells begin rapidly dividing and begin forming the components of a tiny embryo.
46. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
47. Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
48. Koalas and primates are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
49. Humans are the only animals to produce emotional tears.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet in the air.
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Very overcast, continual rain has rained all night, just read the list we did have a laugh at some of the quotes, doesn't look like the rain will stop but we do have the die hard fisherfolk out there trying to catch dinner, certainly lousy Easter weather up this way.
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Dot wrote: 1. It's possible for your body to survive without a surprisingly large fraction of its internal organs. Even if you lose your stomach, your spleen, 75% of your liver, 80% of your intestines, one kidney, one lung, and virtually every organ from your pelvic and groin area, you wouldn't be very healthy, but you would live.
But your sex life would be pretty ordinary.
2. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. Actually, saliva is more important than you realize. If your saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
Someone must be turning my saliva valve off at night - very dry mouth lately.
3. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
And us blokes have to do all the running around right from the bloody start!
The egg is actually the only cell in the body that is visible by the naked eye.
Knew that... how didja figure we found your egg?
4. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue and the hardest bone is the jawbone.
Knew a gay bloke who'd argue that last "bone" bit...
5. Human feet have 52 bones, accounting for one quarter of all the human body's bones.
6. Feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day.
Can definitely believe that... phew...
7. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. The reason it doesn't eat away at your stomach is that the cells of your stomach wall renew themselves so frequently that you get a new stomach lining every three to four days.
Where does the old one go?
8. The human lungs contain approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) of airways and 300 to 500 million hollow cavities, having a total surface area of about 70 square meters, roughly the same area as one side of a tennis court. Furthermore, if all of the capillaries that surround the lung cavities were unwound and laid end to end, they would extend for about 992 kilometers. Also, your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
Just as well farts don't emanate from our lungs then, huh?
9. Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph, while coughs clock in at about 60 mph.
'Bout time they caught up with the rest of us in this digital world.
10. Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
Pity it can't chill a beer at the same time.
11. Your body has enough iron in it to make a nail 3 inches long.
How come they don't rust?
12. Earwax production is necessary for good ear health. It protects the delicate inner ear from bacteria, fungus, dirt and even insects. It also cleans and lubricates the ear canal.
And permits selective deafness at appropriate or inappropriate times - depending on the gender.
13. Everyone has a unique smell, except for identical twins, who smell the same.
Haven't found that unique smell yet.
14. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born. This is why one out of every 2,000 newborn infants has a tooth when they are born.
15. A baby's head is one-quarter of its total length, but by the age of 25 will only be one-eighth of its total length. This is because people's heads grow at a much slower rate than the rest of their bodies.
Oh yeah? We've all met some blokes/blokettes that tend to differ - at times.
16. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood the number is reduced to 206. Some of the bones, like skull bones, get fused into each other, bringing down the total number.
I've met some blokes with bigger 'bones'....
17. It's not possible to tickle yourself. This is because when you attempt to tickle yourself you are totally aware of the exact time and manner in which the tickling will occur, unlike when someone else tickles you.
Umm... Nah, don't want a letter.
18. Less than one third of the human race has 20-20 vision. This means that two out of three people cannot see perfectly.
Probably explains some of the couples I've seen.
19. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. But if you are a woman, you are a better smeller than men, and will remain a better smeller throughout your life.
Hence Dot's mentioning of occasional wafts from my derriere.
20. The human body is estimated to have 60,000 miles of blood vessels.
Another digital slowpoke.
21. The three things pregnant women dream most of during their first trimester are frogs, worms and potted plants. Scientists have no idea why this is so, but attribute it to the growing imbalance of hormones in the body during pregnancy.
How do you make a whore moan?
22. The life span of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average. Every day the average person loses 60-100 strands of hair. But don't worry, you must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone.
Hair today, gone tomorrow.
23. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as an encyclopedia. Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream, and is itself made up of 80% water. Though it interprets pain signals from the rest of the body, the brain itself cannot feel pain.
So, fellas, this proves that our brains are not in our penisessssssssss.
24. The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
"Why is it so" ?
25. Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
Oh Ohh.
26. By 60 years of age, 60% of men and 40% of women will snore.
Which is why I don't sleep on my back & give myself a 50% chance of hearing in the mornings.
27. We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening, because during normal activities during the day, the cartilage in our knees and other areas slowly compress.
Yeah... tell me about it.
28. The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb, even while you are sleeping. In fact, the brain is much more active at night than during the day.
Must plug in an external hard drive.
29. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Neurons continue to grow throughout human life. Information travels at different speeds within different types of neurons.
A lot of that information obviously travels too bloody fast for me to catch up with it - but then I am traveling digitally.
30. It is a fact that people who dream more often and more vividly, on an average have a higher Intelligence Quotient.
My dreams are all going to be in 3D/HD/Superstereosounds from now on.
31. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
Because it gets flicked up more than the others?
32. Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body. This is true for men as well as women.
So that female at the Eurovision song contest was for real? Wow.
33. There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee.
Who counted them?
34. A human fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
When does it acquire the 'attitude' ?
35. By the age of 60, most people will have lost about half their taste buds.
Not this little black duck.
36. About 32 million bacteria call every inch of your skin home. But don't worry, a majority of these are harmless or even helpful bacteria.
Would be kinda nice if the helpful ones kicked the arses of the bad guys.
37. The colder the room you sleep in, the higher the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.
Heater gets turned up from now on ...
38. Human lips have a reddish color because of the great concentration of tiny capillaries just below the skin.
So it has nothing to do with the occasional sucking/massaging from other similarly coloured lips?
39. Three hundred million cells die in the human body every minute.
Last post please.
40. Like fingerprints, every individual has an unique tongue print that can be used for identification.
Now you tell me... best I stop licking the windows then, huh?
41. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to]] 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
I have absolutely no desire to challenge this one.
42. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. [I’ve known this, but didn’t know the number of muscles!]
But just one to please.....
43. Humans can make do longer without food than sleep. Provided there is water, the average human could survive a month to two months without food depending on their body fat and other factors. Sleep deprived people, however, start experiencing radical personality and psychological changes after only a few sleepless days. The longest recorded time anyone has ever gone without sleep is 11 days, at the end of which the experimenter was awake, but stumbled over words, hallucinated and frequently forgot what he was doing.
44. The most common blood type in the world is Type O. The rarest blood type, A-H or Bombay blood, due to the location of its discovery, has been found in less than hundred people since it was discovered.
Mine's red.
45. Every human spent about half an hour after being conceived, as a single cell. Shortly afterward, the cells begin rapidly dividing and begin forming the components of a tiny embryo.
That's one hell of a start button.
46. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
Hence the reason for changing hands at 99.
47. Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
Huh? Why?
48. Koalas and primates are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
So, if you see a bloke wearing a mask & carrying a koala...
49. Humans are the only animals to produce emotional tears.
Now if they were emotional beers, that'd make more sense.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet in the air.
Yeah, but it can't write your name in yellow, in the snow.
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Yeah, well... it's been miserable wet weather for the last couple of days - so this was a kinda distraction, but now I've got a numb bum, so... cya.
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There is an urban myth about a Russian experiment using a gas that would keep the test subjects awake and they supposedly stayed awake for 15 days, and went insane. It was actually just a story on a web site call creepypasta, but the you tube clip was so well done it does appear to be the real thing, I still wonder if the last line said by the last remaining subject bore an element of truth,
The subject smiled.
"Have you forgotten so easily?" The subject asked. "We are you. We are the madness that lurks within you all, begging to be free at every moment in your deepest animal mind. We are what you hide from in your beds every night. We are what you sedate into silence and paralysis when you go to the nocturnal haven where we cannot tread."
The subject smiled.
"Have you forgotten so easily?" The subject asked. "We are you. We are the madness that lurks within you all, begging to be free at every moment in your deepest animal mind. We are what you hide from in your beds every night. We are what you sedate into silence and paralysis when you go to the nocturnal haven where we cannot tread."
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Re: 5o facts about your body
1. It's possible for your body to survive without a surprisingly large fraction of its internal organs. Even if you lose your stomach, your spleen, 75% of your liver, 80% of your intestines, one kidney, one lung, and virtually every organ from your pelvic and groin area, you wouldn't be very healthy, but you would live.
Just another weight loss programme
2. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. Actually, saliva is more important than you realize. If your saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
Just another swimming pool
3. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
The egg is actually the only cell in the body that is visible by the naked eye.
Who's been looking?
4. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue and the hardest bone is the jawbone.
Who tested that?
5. Human feet have 52 bones, accounting for one quarter of all the human body's bones.
Does that mean 1 inch = four and one third bones?
6. Feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day.
No secret there!
7. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. The reason it doesn't eat away at your stomach is that the cells of your stomach wall renew themselves so frequently that you get a new stomach lining every three to four days.
That puts paid to the expression "Sh*t*ng razor blades"
8. The human lungs contain approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) of airways and 300 to 500 million hollow cavities, having a total surface area of about 70 square meters, roughly the same area as one side of a tennis court. Furthermore, if all of the capillaries that surround the lung cavities were unwound and laid end to end, they would extend for about 992 kilometers. Also, your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
I've seen some girls like that!
9. Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph, while coughs clock in at about 60 mph.
"Sorry officer, your radar must have gone off just as I sneezed out the window".
10. Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
I've known some girls like that!
11. Your body has enough iron in it to make a nail 3 inches long.
I can better that!
12. Earwax production is necessary for good ear health. It protects the delicate inner ear from bacteria, fungus, dirt and even insects. It also cleans and lubricates the ear canal.
It also make you deaf after a while.
13. Everyone has a unique smell, except for identical twins, who smell the same.
The one thing that is the same about all of us is that we're all different.
14. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born. This is why one out of every 2,000 newborn infants has a tooth when they are born.
I can't help thinking 'nipples'.
15. A baby's head is one-quarter of its total length, but by the age of 25 will only be one-eighth of its total length. This is because people's heads grow at a much slower rate than the rest of their bodies.
Whoever researched that doesn't know some of the big headed people I know.
16. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood the number is reduced to 206. Some of the bones, like skull bones, get fused into each other, bringing down the total number.
That's why I don't eat babies.
17. It's not possible to tickle yourself. This is because when you attempt to tickle yourself you are totally aware of the exact time and manner in which the tickling will occur, unlike when someone else tickles you.
And you would tickle yourself because .........?
18. Less than one third of the human race has 20-20 vision. This means that two out of three people cannot see perfectly.
I couldn't read this one properly so I can't comment.
19. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. But if you are a woman, you are a better smeller than men, and will remain a better smeller throughout your life.
I thought they were only bluffing when they said, "I can smell another woman on you."
20. The human body is estimated to have 60,000 miles of blood vessels.
And if they were laid end to end - you would be in trouble.
21. The three things pregnant women dream most of during their first trimester are frogs, worms and potted plants. Scientists have no idea why this is so, but attribute it to the growing imbalance of hormones in the body during pregnancy.
As if that's the only thing about women of which scientists have no idea.
22. The life span of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average. Every day the average person loses 60-100 strands of hair. But don't worry, you must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone.
"But don't worry, you must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone." And then what? Rude b*st*rds.
23. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as an encyclopedia. Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream, and is itself made up of 80% water. Though it interprets pain signals from the rest of the body, the brain itself cannot feel pain.
Now I understand the expression "A tap on the head".
24. The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
God was a dentist!
25. Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
That's a lie. Oops! There it goes again.
26. By 60 years of age, 60% of men and 40% of women will snore.
And 40% of people lie about it.
27. We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening, because during normal activities during the day, the cartilage in our knees and other areas slowly compress.
You can get blue pills for that.
28. The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb, even while you are sleeping. In fact, the brain is much more active at night than during the day.
The solar and LED experts can have a go at this one.
29. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Neurons continue to grow throughout human life. Information travels at different speeds within different types of neurons.
Thank heavens I know that. Can't wait for the next trivia night.
30. It is a fact that people who dream more often and more vividly, on an average have a higher Intelligence Quotient.
Practice makes perfect.
31. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
I know what to say but I'm not saying it!
32. Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body. This is true for men as well as women.
Aristotle worked that one out?
33. There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee.
Everybody knows that chimpanzees don't shave, so your point is>
34. A human fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
Glad I know that!
35. By the age of 60, most people will have lost about half their taste buds.
At the age of 60 most people can't remember where they put anything.
36. About 32 million bacteria call every inch of your skin home. But don't worry, a majority of these are harmless or even helpful bacteria.
We have a public transport system like that.
37. The colder the room you sleep in, the higher the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.
I dreamt that I was locked in a fridge once. When I woke up I was in a fridge.
38. Human lips have a reddish color because of the great concentration of tiny capillaries just below the skin.
Not to mention lipstick.
39. Three hundred million cells die in the human body every minute.
I'll be back to finish this later - I have a funeral to attend.
40. Like fingerprints, every individual has an unique tongue print that can be used for identification.
How else would blind people remain monogamous.
41. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to]] 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
Who said so?
42. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. [I’ve known this, but didn’t know the number of muscles!]
Are people who smile just lazy?
43. Humans can make do longer without food than sleep. Provided there is water, the average human could survive a month to two months without food depending on their body fat and other factors. Sleep deprived people, however, start experiencing radical personality and psychological changes after only a few sleepless days. The longest recorded time anyone has ever gone without sleep is 11 days, at the end of which the experimenter was awake, but stumbled over words, hallucinated and frequently forgot what he was doing.
From all that, I can deduce that I will live for a very long time without food and that I have gone without sleep without knowing it - given that I get my mords wixed, think I'm happy when I'm not, and ...... bugger, what was I doing?
44. The most common blood type in the world is Type O. The rarest blood type, A-H or Bombay blood, due to the location of its discovery, has been found in less than hundred people since it was discovered.
Could it have been a typo - and that's why it has never been found since?
45. Every human spent about half an hour after being conceived, as a single cell. Shortly afterward, the cells begin rapidly dividing and begin forming the components of a tiny embryo.
Well, it's hard work - surely a well deserved rest.
46. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
What about the Catholic kids who were forced to write with their right hand?
47. Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
PARDON?
48. Koalas and primates are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
That's handy!!!
49. Humans are the only animals to produce emotional tears.
That's sad!
50. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet in the air.
That might come in handy one day. Perhaps blood transfusions from the first floor to the fourth floor in a hospital. I don't know. I'm just trying to come up with a silly response to a useless piece of information.
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Just another weight loss programme
2. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools. Actually, saliva is more important than you realize. If your saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
Just another swimming pool
3. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
The egg is actually the only cell in the body that is visible by the naked eye.
Who's been looking?
4. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue and the hardest bone is the jawbone.
Who tested that?
5. Human feet have 52 bones, accounting for one quarter of all the human body's bones.
Does that mean 1 inch = four and one third bones?
6. Feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day.
No secret there!
7. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. The reason it doesn't eat away at your stomach is that the cells of your stomach wall renew themselves so frequently that you get a new stomach lining every three to four days.
That puts paid to the expression "Sh*t*ng razor blades"
8. The human lungs contain approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) of airways and 300 to 500 million hollow cavities, having a total surface area of about 70 square meters, roughly the same area as one side of a tennis court. Furthermore, if all of the capillaries that surround the lung cavities were unwound and laid end to end, they would extend for about 992 kilometers. Also, your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
I've seen some girls like that!
9. Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph, while coughs clock in at about 60 mph.
"Sorry officer, your radar must have gone off just as I sneezed out the window".
10. Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
I've known some girls like that!
11. Your body has enough iron in it to make a nail 3 inches long.
I can better that!
12. Earwax production is necessary for good ear health. It protects the delicate inner ear from bacteria, fungus, dirt and even insects. It also cleans and lubricates the ear canal.
It also make you deaf after a while.
13. Everyone has a unique smell, except for identical twins, who smell the same.
The one thing that is the same about all of us is that we're all different.
14. Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born. This is why one out of every 2,000 newborn infants has a tooth when they are born.
I can't help thinking 'nipples'.
15. A baby's head is one-quarter of its total length, but by the age of 25 will only be one-eighth of its total length. This is because people's heads grow at a much slower rate than the rest of their bodies.
Whoever researched that doesn't know some of the big headed people I know.
16. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood the number is reduced to 206. Some of the bones, like skull bones, get fused into each other, bringing down the total number.
That's why I don't eat babies.
17. It's not possible to tickle yourself. This is because when you attempt to tickle yourself you are totally aware of the exact time and manner in which the tickling will occur, unlike when someone else tickles you.
And you would tickle yourself because .........?
18. Less than one third of the human race has 20-20 vision. This means that two out of three people cannot see perfectly.
I couldn't read this one properly so I can't comment.
19. Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents. But if you are a woman, you are a better smeller than men, and will remain a better smeller throughout your life.
I thought they were only bluffing when they said, "I can smell another woman on you."
20. The human body is estimated to have 60,000 miles of blood vessels.
And if they were laid end to end - you would be in trouble.
21. The three things pregnant women dream most of during their first trimester are frogs, worms and potted plants. Scientists have no idea why this is so, but attribute it to the growing imbalance of hormones in the body during pregnancy.
As if that's the only thing about women of which scientists have no idea.
22. The life span of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average. Every day the average person loses 60-100 strands of hair. But don't worry, you must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone.
"But don't worry, you must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone." And then what? Rude b*st*rds.
23. The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as an encyclopedia. Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream, and is itself made up of 80% water. Though it interprets pain signals from the rest of the body, the brain itself cannot feel pain.
Now I understand the expression "A tap on the head".
24. The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
God was a dentist!
25. Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
That's a lie. Oops! There it goes again.
26. By 60 years of age, 60% of men and 40% of women will snore.
And 40% of people lie about it.
27. We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening, because during normal activities during the day, the cartilage in our knees and other areas slowly compress.
You can get blue pills for that.
28. The brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb, even while you are sleeping. In fact, the brain is much more active at night than during the day.
The solar and LED experts can have a go at this one.
29. Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Neurons continue to grow throughout human life. Information travels at different speeds within different types of neurons.
Thank heavens I know that. Can't wait for the next trivia night.
30. It is a fact that people who dream more often and more vividly, on an average have a higher Intelligence Quotient.
Practice makes perfect.
31. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
I know what to say but I'm not saying it!
32. Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body. This is true for men as well as women.
Aristotle worked that one out?
33. There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee.
Everybody knows that chimpanzees don't shave, so your point is>
34. A human fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
Glad I know that!
35. By the age of 60, most people will have lost about half their taste buds.
At the age of 60 most people can't remember where they put anything.
36. About 32 million bacteria call every inch of your skin home. But don't worry, a majority of these are harmless or even helpful bacteria.
We have a public transport system like that.
37. The colder the room you sleep in, the higher the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.
I dreamt that I was locked in a fridge once. When I woke up I was in a fridge.
38. Human lips have a reddish color because of the great concentration of tiny capillaries just below the skin.
Not to mention lipstick.
39. Three hundred million cells die in the human body every minute.
I'll be back to finish this later - I have a funeral to attend.
40. Like fingerprints, every individual has an unique tongue print that can be used for identification.
How else would blind people remain monogamous.
41. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to]] 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
Who said so?
42. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown. [I’ve known this, but didn’t know the number of muscles!]
Are people who smile just lazy?
43. Humans can make do longer without food than sleep. Provided there is water, the average human could survive a month to two months without food depending on their body fat and other factors. Sleep deprived people, however, start experiencing radical personality and psychological changes after only a few sleepless days. The longest recorded time anyone has ever gone without sleep is 11 days, at the end of which the experimenter was awake, but stumbled over words, hallucinated and frequently forgot what he was doing.
From all that, I can deduce that I will live for a very long time without food and that I have gone without sleep without knowing it - given that I get my mords wixed, think I'm happy when I'm not, and ...... bugger, what was I doing?
44. The most common blood type in the world is Type O. The rarest blood type, A-H or Bombay blood, due to the location of its discovery, has been found in less than hundred people since it was discovered.
Could it have been a typo - and that's why it has never been found since?
45. Every human spent about half an hour after being conceived, as a single cell. Shortly afterward, the cells begin rapidly dividing and begin forming the components of a tiny embryo.
Well, it's hard work - surely a well deserved rest.
46. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
What about the Catholic kids who were forced to write with their right hand?
47. Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
PARDON?
48. Koalas and primates are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
That's handy!!!
49. Humans are the only animals to produce emotional tears.
That's sad!
50. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet in the air.
That might come in handy one day. Perhaps blood transfusions from the first floor to the fourth floor in a hospital. I don't know. I'm just trying to come up with a silly response to a useless piece of information.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
Oliver Goldsmith. 1728 -1774
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Shirley
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Re: 5o facts about your body
Must be raining everywhere to take that much time to think up answers,lol.
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I wonder if the collected the data about decapitation and the height of blood spurts at the same time, and how many times they repeated the test to be sure the results were conclusive.
Now, what does it mean if you dream in full colour?
Now, what does it mean if you dream in full colour?
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Notice it is just "the boys" that have the time Shirley?? 
Queen of the Banal & OT chatter and proud of it. If it offends you then tough titty titty bang bang.
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Time? Time? What about effort - thinking, typing, thinking, typing. Being a smart arse isn't easy, Dot. I just hope people are reading all that stuff. A lot of work went into it and I think at least one comment is funny!
Steve Williams
http://stevew1945blog.com/
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
Oliver Goldsmith. 1728 -1774
http://stevew1945blog.com/
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
Oliver Goldsmith. 1728 -1774