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body facts
Published Oct 8, 2007
Email from a friend: The human body is a machine full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why we were designed the way we were.
(1)The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
(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 2 bones each while the rest have 3.
(5)A pair of human feet contacin 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 food 7 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 is about 1 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 intensely dislike.
(18)Your thumb is the same length as your nose.
At this very moment I know 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 :)
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My nose is shorter than my thumb.
My forearm is l-o-n-g-e-r than my foot and yes I was flexible enough to find out.
GOLO member since July 15, 2007
October 8, 2007 8:00 p.m.
October 8, 2007 7:31 p.m.
GOLO member since July 4, 2007
October 8, 2007 7:03 p.m.
#13 Makes me want to soak my feet in BLEACH!
That's some interesting information! Thanks for sharing.
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October 8, 2007 7:01 p.m.
GOLO member since July 8, 2007
October 8, 2007 7:00 p.m.
Your forearm (elbow to wrist) is the same length as your foot.
Hope you're flexible enough to find out. :-)
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October 8, 2007 6:59 p.m.
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October 8, 2007 6:49 p.m.
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