Body Facts
In one day, a human sheds 10 billion skin flakes. This amounts to approximately two kilograms in a year. |
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Every square inch of the human body has about 19,000,000 skin cells. |
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Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid. |
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Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced. |
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The world record for the number of body piercing on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat. |
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The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long. |
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The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours. |
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The human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries. |
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The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose. |
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The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily. |
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It is very common for babies in |
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An average woman has 17 square feet of skin. When a woman is in her ninth month of pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin. |
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The width of your arm span stretched out is the length of your whole body. |
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41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day. |
A human's small intestine is 6 meters long. |
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There are as many hairs per square inch on your body as a chimpanzee. You don't see all of them because most are too fine and light to be noticed. |
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Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced. |
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Dead cells in the body ultimately go to the kidneys for excretion. |
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By walking an extra 20 minutes every day, an average person will burn off seven pounds of body fat in an year. |
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The human body is 75% water. |
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