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The body manufactures about 3 billion cells per minute.
A human head remains conscious 15-20 seconds after decapitation.
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
A human loses an average of 40-100 hair strands a day.
By the time a child finishes elementary school they will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 violent acts on TV.
Calculating DNA length for each person would stretch across the diameter of the solar system 6000000000000 times.
The average child spends 28 hours watching TV twice as long as school.
During pregnancy, the average uterus expands 500 times normal size.
Every square inch of human skin consists of 20 feet of blood vessels.
1.7 litres of saliva is produced each day.
A dentist invented the electric chair.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
259,200 people die every day.
40% of people who visit your house snoop in your medicine cabinet.
85% of men who die of heart attack during intercourse where found to be cheating on their wives.
The human heart beats about 100,000 times a day, 60,000 miles of vessels--over two times around the world.
A healthy human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray.
A healthy human releases 17 oz of flatulent emission a day.
Arabic numerals are not really arabic, they were invented in India.
We are all born colorblind.
Armadilos and humans are the only creatures that can contract leprosy.
Bayer advertised cough medicine that contained heroine in 1898.
Bee's kill more people than sharks
By age 70 an average person will have lost 150 lb of skin.
Bloodsucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide.
A hippo can run faster than a man.
10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria.