Our bodies are amazing machines. And even if we don’t take good care of them, they often just keep doing what they were designed to do.
So much of what is going on is just happening in the background, and we’re not even aware of it. We just take it for granted that we’ll breathe in and out, our hearts will beat, and a whole lot of other fascinating things will continue to happen.
Here’s a list of 50 things that will put your more in tune with your body. Will make you more aware of its working, and hopefully make you appreciate it a little bit more.
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1. You’re drooling again
Every single day our mouths product about a quart of saliva. Over the course of our lives, each person produces enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
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2. Take a deep breath
Our lungs are one of the largest organs in the body. Larger than you might think, since the surface area of both lungs is equivalent to the surface area of a tennis court.
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3. Put that double decker burger down
We need to do better with our diets. Proof of that is the fact that the best-selling pharmaceutical drug in the world is a drug used to reduce cholesterol.
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4. Chew your food
Bet that you don’t know what the strongest muscles in your body are. It’s the masseters which are located at the sides of your mouth. It’s the muscles to use when you’re chewing.
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5. Use that loofah!
If you thought your skin was a little flaky, you’re right. Although we can’t always detect it our skin, on average, sheds about 40 pounds of dead skin flakes over the course of our lives.
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6. What if you have a big heart?
Your right lung is bigger than your left lung. This is because space for your heart is necessary.
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7. Why babies are like rubber
Newborns have more bones in their bodies than adults. A newborn has 300 bones, but an adult has 206. This is because many bones fuse as we grow.
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8. Does this mean we’re dim?
A 25 watt incandescent bulb isn’t that bright. But it’s the same amount of power that our brain generates when we are awake.
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9. That’s not bloating…
…It’s last night’s dinner. The average adult has about 30 feet of digestive track. And it takes the food we eat about 12 hours to move through it and completely digest.
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10. My, what long nails you have
If you’re right-handed, the fingernails on that hand will grow faster. If you’re left-handed, those nails will grow faster. And fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster and toenails.
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11. But it can fall out
Human hair can be destroyed by fire, but that’s about it. Since most many acids and corrosive chemicals can’t destroy it, it’s pretty much indestructible.
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12. My, what big eyes you have
Why yes, they are! A baby is born with the eyes the same size it will have as an adult. Noses grow. Ears grow. Eyes do not.
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13. Monday’s suck
In fact, Monday’s suck so bad they’re a killer. More heart attacks happen on Monday than any other day of the week.
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14. Look at all that hair!
Did you know the average human has about 100,000 hairs on their scalps? And we typically lose about 80 strands a day.
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15. Lush lips
A lot of us call it the Cupid’s Bow, but that’s not the real term. The indentation between your lips and nose is officially called the philtrum.
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16. And men cause some of them
It often sucks to be female. Want another reason? We get 4 times as many headaches than man, typically due to hormones.
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17. Yeah, but how much do they make
Pharmaceutical companies are raking in the dough. So it probably doesn’t hurt their bottom line that much when it costs about $1.3 billion to develop and market a new drug.
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18. The pitter patter of your heart
Sometimes it races, sometimes it’s quietly thumping. Whatever it’s doing, the human heart beats around 100,000 times a day.
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19. There’s probably some deeper meaning here
A woman’s body has the largest cell that human’s have. It’s the eggs we carry. Men have the smallest—and it’s their sperm.
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20. Drink up!
There is a lot of debate over breastfeeding. But one thing to note, babies who are breastfed are statistically less likely to grow up to be obese than babies who are bottle fed.
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21. I’m so full
What’s your body weight? Over the course of our lives many of us will eat about 7,000 times our weight in food.
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22. This doesn’t taste like it used to
They’ve been telling us that some COVID patients lose the sense of taste. But so is everyone by the time the reach 60. By that age 50% of our taste buds aren’t working properly.
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23. Blood pressure
The aorta is the largest artery in the human body at about the same diameter as a garden hose. Capillaries, in contrast, are one tenth of the diameter of a strand of hair.
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24. What if you’re ambidextrous?
This is bad news for lefties. People who are right-handed live an average of nine years longer than those who are left-handed.
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25. Over the speed limit
Sneezes are powerful. You probably didn’t know they were this powerful though. They can leave the body at 103 mph or 166 kph.
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26. Have a glass of water.
We all know we need to drink enough water. Did you know your brain is made up of 75 to 80% water? So being dehydrated can even effect your work.
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27. A new source of ID?
Everyone has unique fingerprints and can be identified by them. But everyone also has unique tongue prints.
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28. Those pearly whites
Everything on our bodies has the ability to heal itself to some degree. Except for your teeth.
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29. But is it deliberate?
They say women blink twice as much as men do. I’m thinking of those blinking, fluttering eyelash girls. Are those blinks being counted?
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30. What’s the smell?
Don’t be too embarrassed. Everybody farts. In fact, the average person farts 14 times every day.
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31. My, what big ears you have
Do you know anyone with giant sized ears? Did you know that despite them, the ears have the smallest bones in the body?
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32. Thunder thighs
I know this isn’t what they mean, but when I read this thunder thighs is what came to mind. The femur, the big bone in the thigh, is stronger than concrete.
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33. Laugh it up!
I’m guessing this means that laughing is heart healthy. When you belly laugh all the linings in your blood vessels relax, and you blood flow is increased for about 45 minutes. I’m going to start laughing more instead of exercising!
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34. Here’s a mind bender
When you feel pain in your body your brain can process the feeling. However, the brain itself can’t feel pain.
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35. Delayed reaction
Once an egg is released from the ovaries, it can survive about 24 hours. However, sperm can survive for up to a week, so depending on when you ovulate, it’s possible for conception to take place a day after having sex.
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36. No way!
This is crazy. They say about 1 person in every 20 has an extra pair of ribs.
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37. Does my ass look big?
Guess where they biggest muscle in your body is? Yep, it’s the gluteus maximus in your butt. And the smallest is in your ear, thinner than a strand of thread.
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38. That’s what happening!
I refuse to believe I’m gaining weight because I sit around and do nothing but type these days. My tummy keeps adding a new lining every few days… what? It replaces the old one? Not adds on? Oh.
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39. The incredible shrinking man
It’s true! For men and women. Every day we start the day taller than when we end it. We shirk about an inch during the day as our cartilage compresses. And it all starts again the next day.
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40. Does that mean they’re dead?
There is only one thing on your body—well, two actually—that doesn’t contain any blood vessels. Your corneas.
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41. And hopefully we can see it
If you have a dense unibrow, this will be hidden. The little patch of skin between your brows is called the glabella.
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42. So they can be heavy but not big?
I read somewhere that there is no such thing as being big boned. Adult bones are pretty much the same size, except in length. But water is heavy, so I guess we could say someone is heavy boned because bones are made up of about 75% water.
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43. Fun with math
They say blood accounts for about 8% of your body weight. So if you weigh 120 and want to lose 10 pounds, you could do it by losing all your blood—but that isn’t recommended!
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44. Brush and floss!
Apparently there is a correlation between dental health and overall health. Because those who have gum disease are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke.
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45. Different but the same
Look at your fingernails—or your toenails for that matter. Now look at a strand of hair. They are both made of the same thing. Keratin.
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46. I’m doomed
I’m over 35. And science says I’m now getting dumber every day. Once you hit 35 you begin to lose 7,000 brain cells every day. For good. Gone. Poof.
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47. Miles and miles
Nearly 60,000 of them to be exact. That’s approximately the amount of blood vessels we have in our bodies.
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48. My, how old you look
There’s a very good reason—okay, there are lots of very good reasons—for not smoking. One of them is that it ages you prematurely. Smokers have 10 times as many wrinkles as non-smokers.
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49. I don’t remember that
Having troubles with your memory? Studies have shown smelling the herb rosemary may improve it.
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50. Let’s do it again
Most exercise isn’t any fun at all. But sex burns 4 calories a minute. You’ll burn about 3 times that jogging but, whatever.
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