Human body

Human body did you know

• Did you knownot all your taste buds are on our tongue (10% are on the insides of you cheeks)
• Did you knowyour most active muscles are in your eye
• Did you knowyour liver has over 500 functions
• Did you knowyour brain uses 25% of all the oxygen your breathe
• Did you knowhorses have 18 more bones than humans
• Did you knowblonde beards grow faster than darker beards
• Did you knowwhen recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain
• Did you knowthe human body contains 96,000km(59,650miles) of blood vessels
• Did you knowthe hydrochloric acid found in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve a nail
• Did you knowon average you blink 25,000 a day
• Did you knowmen have 10% more red blood cells than women
• Did you knowyou have fewer muscles than a caterpillar
• Did you knowwhen your face blushes so does your stomach lining
• Did you know1 square inch of human skin contains 625 sweat glands
• Did you knowyour normal body temperature is 37°C (99°F)
• Did you knowred blood cells are produced in bone marrow
• Did you knowyou shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks
• Did you knowa Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure
• Did you knowoxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body
• Did you knowthe fingerprints of koala bear are indistinguishable to that of a human