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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

ASTONISHING FACTS ABOUT YOUR BODY



Do you know that your body is an incredibly complex and intricate system and  still baffles researchers regularly despite thousands of years of medical knowledge? As a result, it shouldn't be a surprise that your body parts you deal with everyday have unexpected facts and explanations behind them.
Here are some facts about the human body: 

* The brain is more active at night than during the day. Scientists don't know yet why this is.
*The higher your IQ, the more you dream.
*Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body.
*The nail on the middle finger grows faster than the other fingernails.
*Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toe nails.
*The lifespan of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average.
*The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve zinc. It doesn't destroy the stomach because the stomach walls constantly renews itself.
*Women's hearts beat faster than men's.
*Women blink twice as many times as men do.
*Men burn fat faster than women by a rate of about 50calories a day.
*Men get hiccups more often than women.
*A man has approximately 6.8 litres of blood in the body while women have approximately 5 litres.
*During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools… to be continued.
VICTOR FRANK

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