What is the weirdest thing about the human body?

16 of the weirdest and wackiest facts on the human body
  • Your eyes blink around 20 times a minute. ...
  • Your ears never stop growing!
  • Earwax is actually a type of sweat! ...
  • The tongue is covered in about 8,000 taste-buds, each containing up to 100 cells helping you taste your food!
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What is the coolest thing about the human body?

10 Amazing Facts About the Human Body
  • Infants are born with approximately 300 bones, but as they grow some of these bones fuse together. ...
  • More than half of your bones are located in the hands, wrists, feet, and ankles.
  • Every second, your body produces 25 million new cells.
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What are some creepy facts about humans?

Scary Cool Facts About Your Body
  • Your fingernails grow four times as fast as your toenails.
  • Babies are born with 300 bones – adults have 206.
  • Eyelashes last about 150 days.
  • The heart circulates blood through your body about 1,000 times each day.
  • You make about half a quart (500ml) of spit each day.
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What is the weirdest fact in the world?

Honeybees flap their wings 230 times every second. At birth, a panda cub is smaller than a mouse and weighs only four ounces. Horses and cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream when lying down. Koala fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from humans' — so much so, they can taint crime scenes!
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What is a fun fact about your body?

There is a soft cartilage in your bones that gets squashed and compressed during the day. This is why every morning when you wake up, you are about 1 cm taller than you are during the day. The body has 2.5 million sweat pores. On average, humans fart enough in a day to fill up a party balloon.
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17 Jaw-Dropping Facts You Didn't Know About the Body



What are some weird but true facts?

65 Facts So Weird You Won't Believe They're True
  • There's a company that turns dead bodies into an ocean reef. ...
  • The name "bonobo" resulted from a misspelling. ...
  • There is an annual Coffee Break Festival. ...
  • You can buy a flying bicycle. ...
  • Dolphins sleep with one eye open. ...
  • Vacuum cleaners were originally horse-drawn.
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What is the most mind-blowing fact?

100 Mind-Blowing Facts You've Never Heard Before
  1. Every 'c' in Pacific Ocean is pronounced differently. ...
  2. Black apples exist. ...
  3. Butt-shaped robots are used to test phones. ...
  4. There are now giant pigs as heavy as polar bears. ...
  5. Japanese golfers have hole-in-one insurance.
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What is a dumb fact?

Dumb silly and funny facts. 1: A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death. 2: Thomas Edison, who invented the lightbulb, was afraid of the dark. 3: Most American car horns honk in the key of F, which is also the same key as a telephone dial tone.
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What is the coolest fact ever?

14 Of The Most Interesting Facts Ever
  • It can take a photon 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to earth. — ...
  • Basically anything that melts can be made into glass. ...
  • The Spanish national anthem has no words. —
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What are 10 crazy facts?

20 Crazy Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
  • Humans are the Only Animals That Enjoy Spicy Foods. ...
  • Humans Are Also the Only Animals Whose Brains Shrink. ...
  • Potato Chips Cause More Weight Gain Than Any Other Food. ...
  • That Fish is Probably Labeled Wrong. ...
  • Bananas Can't Reproduce. ...
  • It's Impossible to Hum While You Hold Your Nose.
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What are the most disturbing facts?

22 Disturbing Facts That Will Freak You Out & Make You Go 'Oh, BC...
  • The average person walks past 36 murderers in their lifetime. ...
  • Some tumours can grow teeth and hair. ...
  • During World War 2, Japan bombed China with fleas infected with the bubonic plague.
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What are the scariest things?

Top Scariest Things in the World
  • Cursed Objects. ...
  • Bolton Strid. ...
  • Brain-Eating Amoeba. ...
  • Jellyfish. ...
  • Heights. ...
  • The Church of Bones. ...
  • Codex Gigas. ...
  • Biological Warfare. All the warfare is considered to be terrifying, but there is something about biological warfare.
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Did you know disgusting facts?

30 Disgusting Facts You Won't Believe Are True
  • A kitchen sink contains more bacteria than a toilet. ...
  • Flies eat poo. ...
  • Flies eat poo and then land on your food. ...
  • Flies lay eggs in old meat. ...
  • Poo gets on phones. ...
  • Vultures purposely poo on themselves. ...
  • Famous author kept her husband's heart after he died. ...
  • You probably have eyelash mites.
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What is the most impressive thing the human body can do?

Your brain produces enough electricity to light a small light bulb. Hearing is the fastest human sense. Your brain can recognize a sound 10 times faster than the blink of an eye, in as little as 0.05 seconds. The human heart beats more than three billion times in an average lifespan.
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What is the only bone that does not have a joint?

The larynx is an extremely cartilaginous area, except for the sole regional bony structure—the hyoid bone. Famously, the hyoid bone is the only bone in humans that does not articulate with any other bone, but only has muscular, ligamentous, and cartilaginous attachments.
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Can you use 100 of your strength?

Your brain sends pain through your body when you exert yourself, as a signal to not push yourself too far. Because if you could muster 100% of your strength, 100% of the time, you'd tear your muscles and break your bones. In fact, you might not even survive using your full strength.
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What is the weirdest animal fact?

7 Weird Animal Facts That You Didn't Know
  • A Flamingo's head has to be upside down when it eats. ...
  • Female ferrets die if they do not mate once they go into heat. ...
  • Only half a Dolphin's brain sleeps at a time. ...
  • Blue Whales are immensely heavy. ...
  • Armadillos can catch leprosy. ...
  • A Cockroach's brain is in its body.
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What is today's useless fact?

Here are 40 useless facts that everyone should know. There will be NO quiz on these later: In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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What are some useless fun facts?

100 Totally Useless Facts That Are Too Entertaining for Words
  • No number from 1 to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form. ...
  • Many oranges are actually green. ...
  • The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven. ...
  • You are 13.8 percent more likely to die on your birthday.
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Who is the scariest person in the world?

10 Scariest People Who Ever Lived
  • Timur (1336-1405) ...
  • Ilse Koch (1906-1967) © Tumblr. ...
  • HH Holmes (1861-1896) © Youtube. ...
  • Thug Behram (1765-1840) © Hammer Films. ...
  • Elizabeth Bathory (1560-1614) © Hammer Films. ...
  • Empress Wu Zetian (625-705) © Blogspot. ...
  • Belle Gunness (1859-?) © BelleGunnessTheMovie. ...
  • Vlad the Impaler (1431-1477) © Spike.
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What was the scariest day in history?

Here, in chronological order, are eight of the scariest days in America.
  • August 24, 1814: Washington, D.C. Burned by the British. ...
  • April 14, 1865: President Abraham Lincoln Assassinated. ...
  • October 29, 1929: Black Tuesday, the Stock Market Crash. ...
  • December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor Attack. ...
  • October 22, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis.
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What are some scary facts about sleep?

5 Scary Things That Can Happen in Your Sleep
  • Dream-like Hallucinations. It's called sleepy hallucinations. ...
  • Sleep Paralysis. It's not the popular movie – it's a frightening sensation. ...
  • REM Disorder. When you're paralyzed during REM sleep, you are kept immobile for a purpose. ...
  • Exploding Head Syndrome.
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How long can you go without sleep?

The longest recorded time without sleep is approximately 264 hours, or just over 11 consecutive days. Although it's unclear exactly how long humans can survive without sleep, it isn't long before the effects of sleep deprivation start to show. After only three or four nights without sleep, you can start to hallucinate.
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How much sleep is too little for a teenager?

Sleep research suggests that a teenager needs between eight and 10 hours of sleep every night. This is more than the amount a child or an adult needs. Yet most adolescents only get about 6.5 – 7.5 hours sleep per night, and some get less. Regularly not getting enough sleep leads to chronic sleep deprivation.
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