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30 Weirdly Fascinating Health And Body Facts by Jeniemax: 2:22pm On Jul 08, 2020
The human body is filled with a lot of mysteries, a creation designed humans with utmost uniqueness that even the greatest medical practitioners and anatomists have not completely studied the human body to date.

One having knowledge of the activities that go on in the body helps you live life better and to the fullest. It is important that we understand the body, fun facts about our body, and ways to live healthier.

Below are fascinating facts about the human body, everyone should know.

1. Each person sheds 22 kilograms of skin in his or her lifetime.
2. Your body has enough iron in it to make a nail 3 inches long.
3. One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.
4. During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
5. One person in 20 has an extra rib, and they are most often men.
6. There are approximately 96,000 km / 59650 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
7. A person will die from lack of sleep sooner than they will from starvation, which usually takes a few weeks.
8. You are taller in the morning; throughout the day, the cartilage between your bones is compressed, making you about 1 cm shorter by day’s end.
9. More germs are transferred shaking hands than kissing.
10. The human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
11. Like fingerprints, every person has a unique tongue print.
12. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue and the hardest bone is the jaw bone.
13. Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph, while coughs clock in at about 60 mph.
14. The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.
15. We share 98.4% of our DNA with a chimp and 70% with a slug.
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