10 Fun Facts About Our Bodies
Aug1st 2017
- We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than the evening.
- An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
- Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.
- There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.
- The strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter, or jaw muscle.
- The human brain is about 85% water.
- On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2,000.
- A person can live longer without food (a few weeks) than without sleep (10 days).
- The human body has over 600 muscles, accounting for 40% of the body’s weight.
- On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2,000.