21 Interesting and Amazing Facts about Human Body

Compiled by: Muhammad Shakil Naz

“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” (Anonymous)

Following are 21 interesting and amazing facts about the human body:

1. An average person`s heart beats 40 million times in one year and 3,000 million times in their lifetime.
2. Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s.
3. The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart.
4. One human brain generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all of the world’s telephones put together.
5. The human brain has a memory capacity which is the equivalent of more than four terabytes on a hard drive.
6. Scientists have counted over 500 different liver functions.
7. Women blink about two times less often than men.
8. Our eyes remain the same size as they were at birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
9. On average 43 muscles are used to frown and 17 muscles for a smile. Every two thousand frowns create one wrinkle.
10. Every person has a unique tongue print.
11. The tooth is the only part of the human body that can’t repair itself.
12. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea of the eye.
13. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.
14. Human beings are the only living things that sleep on their backs.
15. 99% of the calcium contained in the human body is in the teeth.
16. A kiss increases a person’s pulse to 100 beats per minute or more.
17. About two-thirds of people tilt their head to the right when kissing.
18. The smallest cells in a man’s body are sperm cells.
19. By the age of 60, most people lose half of their taste buds.
20. We have a whole pharmacy within us. We can create any drug inside us.
21. Our bodies are recreating themselves constantly. We, make a skeleton every 3 months, new skin every month.