Body Facts
Body Facts
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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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Forty-one percent of women apply body and hand
moisturizer at least three times a day.
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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 New Zealand to
sleep on sheepskins. This is to help them gain weight faster, and retain their
body heat.
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An average women has 17 square feet of skin.
When a women is in her ninth month of pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of
skin.
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The width of your armspan 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.
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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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