18 Interesting And Strange Facts About Human Body

Human body is an amazing thing. We are blessed with more senses than any other creature. Our brain can be more powerful than any computer. It is the human brain that made many innovative things and still continues to amaze the world.

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Human body is created in such a way that it can cope with the traumatic emotional and physical stress without nay harm. Humans have more than what they need such as two kidneys if one stops working the other will take up the job. Similarly, according to the situation, the body can change physically such as during pregnancy.

We can eat food and at the same time enjoy eating it as we have taste buds that makes us feel the exotic flavours of the food. We have been given the best defense system and the first is our skin and then the immune system that fights against the diseases. Doctors and scientists claim that they know almost everything about the human body, however, there are some things that they are still trying to discover.

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Here are some of the strange and interesting things about the human body.

Drivers

People who talk on a cell phone while driving are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08.

Workout

The word 'gymnasium' comes from the Greek word gymnazein, which means 'to exercise naked. Did you know that you burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Long Life

Right-handed people live nine years longer than the left-handed people and also another fact is that you are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening.

Laugh

People who laugh a lot are much healthier than those who don't. A study has shown that laughing lowers the levels of stress hormones and also strengthens the immune system.

Teeth

Always brush and floss your teeth twice a day to avoid plaque. Bacteria can grow on the plaque which causes smelly gases causing bad breath and gum disease.

Skin Cancer

The number of skin cancer cases caused due to tanning is higher than the number of lung cancer cases caused due to smoking.

Lungs

Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day. The surface area of lungs is large enough to cover one side of a tennis court.

Bowels

Bowels contain up to 100 billion potentially disease-causing organisms. These diseases causing bacteria end up in the air and some on the toilet even after flushing.

Pica

Some people crave for non eatable foods such as iron, wood, mud, chalk etc. This eating disorder is called as Pica syndrome.

Sperms

A fertile man makes about 1500 new sperm cells every time his heart beats.

Telling Truth

Telling truth has many benefits. A research has shown that a person who tells the truth when he is tempted to tell a lie, has better mental and physical health.

Brain

Your brain is more active and alert while sleeping than watching television.

Ovaries

A women's ovary contains about 5 lakh eggs. However only 400 eggs get the opportunity to create life.

Baby Boy

Pregnant women carrying a baby boy tends to eat more than those carrying a baby girl.

Iron In Humans

There is enough iron in a healthy human body to make an iron nail from it.

Death

After three days of death, the digestive enzymes that used to digest the food of a person starts to digest the body.

Foetus

Human male foetus can get erections in the womb and researchers have also observed that human foetuses starts to yawn as early as 11 weeks after conception.

Sweat Glands

Humans have two to four million sweat glands that help to regulate the body temperature. Women have more sweat glands than men, but men's sweat glands are more active.