20 Raw Facts About The Human Body You May Not Have Known

1. There are 2.5 trillion (give or take) of red blood cells in your body at any moment. To maintain this number, about two and a half million new ones need to be produced every second by your bone marrow.That’s like a new population of the city of Toronto every second. 

2. A red blood cell can circumnavigate your body in under 20 seconds. 

3. Nerve Impulses travel at over 400 km/hr (249 mi/hr).

4. A sneeze generates a wind of 166 km/hr (100 mi/hr), and a cough moves out at 100 km/hr (60 mi/hr). A sneeze generates a wind of 166 km/hr (100 mi/hr), and a cough moves out at 100 km/hr (60 mi/hr).

5. Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day or about 30 million times in a year. Our heart beats around 100,00 times every day or about 30 million times in a year.

6. Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey per day. Our blood is on a 60,000-mile journey per day.

7. Our eyes can distinguish up to ten million colour surfaces and take in more information than the largest telescope known to man.

8. Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even thinking. Their surface area is large enough to cover one side of a tennis court. Our lungs inhale over two million litres of air every day, without even thinking. Their surface area is large enough to cover one side of a tennis court.

9. We give birth to over 200 billion red cells every day. We give birth to over 200 billion red cells every day.

10. When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph When we touch something, we send a message to our brain at 124 mph

11. We exercise at least 36 muscles when we smile. We exercise at least 36 muscles when we smile.

12. We are about 70 percent water. We are about 70 percent water.

13. We make around 1 to 1.6 litres of saliva a day. We make around 1 to 1.6 litres of saliva a day.

14. Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system: it warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities. Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system: it warms cold air, cools hot air and filters impurities.

15. In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors. In one square inch of our hand we have nine feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors and 75 pressure sensors.

16. We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates, nickel and silicon in our bodies. We have copper, zinc, cobalt, calcium, manganese, phosphates, nickel and silicon in our bodies.

17. It is believed that the main purpose of eyebrows is to keep sweat out of the eyes. It is believed that the main purpose of eyebrows is to keep sweat out of the eyes

18. A person can expect to breathe in about 45 pounds of dust over his/her lifetime. A person can expect to breathe in about 45 pounds of dust over his/her lifetime.

19. There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

20. From the age of thirty, humans gradually begin to shrink in size.