Weird facts about the human body
Thanks to Jo-Ann for sending this in.
We sure are fascinating creatures, aren’t we? Here are some strange factoids about the human body:
- The largest cell in the human body is the female egg, and the smallest is the male sperm.
- A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
- It takes food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
- The average man’s penis is three times the length of his thumb.
- A Woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
- If the average male never shaved, his beard would be 13 feet long when he died.
- There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
- Women blink twice as much as men.
- The average person’s skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
- When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate…they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate!
- Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren’t.
- Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.
- The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.
Oh, hey guys…you looked at your thumb, right? Ha!
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June 16th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I’ve got a softball sized bladder right now! Gotta go!
June 17th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
I love these fune facts! thanks!