1. Women have a better sense of smell than men.

2. The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.

3. When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.

4. Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren’t.

5. The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.

6. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

7. It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.

8. The average person’s skin weighs twice as much as their brain.

9. Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.

10. On average, there are 100 billion neurons in the human brain.

11. The lifespan of a taste bud is ten days.

12. Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.

13. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

14. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

15. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

16. It is almost impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. It is a defense mechanism that has evolved to protect our eyes from bacteria and debris.

17. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

18. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

19. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

20. Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn.

21. Your heart pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood each day!

22. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

23. Your hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time of day.

24. Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.

25. You’re born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!

26. You inhale about 700,000 of your own skin flakes each day.

27. Women buy four out of every 10 condoms sold.

28. The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

29. The right lung takes in more air than the left.

30. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!

31. The average human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.

32. The average human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.

33. People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack.

34. A person with “Panophobia” has a fear of everything.

35. Pain travels through the body at 350 feet per second!

36. Only 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116.

37. One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!

38. One out of 20 people has an extra rib.

39. Dating back to the 1600′s, thermometers were filled with Brandy instead of mercury.

40. In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon.

41. Human thighbones are stronger than concrete!

42. Fingernails grow fastest on the hand you favor.

43. Deep breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.

44. A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

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