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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Human Body Facts..

  •  The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.

  •  Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.

  •  The thyroid cartilage is more commonly known as the adams apple.

  •  The only jointless bone in your body is the hyoid bone in your throat

  •  It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

  •  Your stomach needs to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it would digest itself.

  •  It takes the interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human speech.

  •  The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.

  •  The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles (96.5 km) per hour.

  •  Relative to size, the strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

  •  Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

  •  When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop even your heart.

  •  Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age.

  •  Children grow faster in the springtime.

  •  It takes the stomach an hour to break down cow milk.
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