All, Fun Health Facts
1) No matter how flexible you are, you can’t kiss your elbow; 2) The purpose of goosebumps is to raise your body’s temperature; 3) The average human takes 600 million breaths over a lifetime! (Published May 29, 2015)
All, Fun Health Facts
1) Enamel, found on our teeth, is the hardest substance in the human body; 2) There are more than 300 million capillaries in your lungs — if stretched tip to tip, they would reach from Atlanta to Los Angeles; 3) Exercise is more effective at increasing your...
All, Fun Health Facts
1) Humans are the only species who cry for emotional reasons; 2) The muscles that control your eyes contract about 100,000 times a day (that’s the equivalent of giving your legs a workout by walking 50 miles); 3) Each kidney contains about 1 million filters....
All, Fun Health Facts
1) Your funny bone isn’t a bone, but rather a nerve that runs just under your skin in each elbow; 2) Adults breathe 10-15 times a minute at rest — babies 40-45; 3) All babies are color blind at birth, seeing only in black & white. (Published May 8,...
All, Fun Health Facts
1) Every day your heart creates enough energy to drive a truck for 20 miles; 2) 75 trillion cells receive blood from the heart — only the corneas don’t; 3) Your heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood during your lifetime — enough to fill 200...
All, Fun Health Facts
And some “non-health related” facts for a change: 1) No U.S. president has been an only child; 2) Picasso could draw before he could walk; 3) 1 in 10 people in the world live on an island! (Published April 24, 2015)