1

Our bodies actually glow in the dark. Our eyes are simply not designed to detect that weaker light

2

It may be gross to think about, but we shed at least 40 pounds of skin cells in one lifetime

3

Human brains have the capacity to read 1,000 words a minute

4

Every second, your body produces 2 million new cells

5

The worlds most powerful supercomputer, BlueGene, can manage only .002 of all the functions a human brain could if it were a computer itself

6

The masseter, or jaw muscle, is the strongest muscle in the human body

7

10 of our waking life is spent with our eyes closed from blinking

8

Our brains produce enough electricity to fully power a lightbulb

9

Bananas share 50 of our DNA

10

The brain releases the same neurotransmitters and hormones as amphetamines when in love

11

As babies, we have 60 more bones than adults

12

The muscles in your eyes focus at least 100,000 times a day. To put this in perspective, thats like exercising your leg muscles for 50 miles.

13

The human body is one of the best long distance runners on the planet. In the past, people used to run after their prey until it finally died from exhaustion.

14

We can distinguish between up to 10 million different colors at any one time

15

Each adult body has at least 7 octillion or 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000 atoms

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People have been known to lift cars and boulders during times of extreme stress while experiencing an adrenaline rush

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Over 90 of our cells originate from fungi and bacteria

18

If you were on a completely flat and unending surface, you could see a candle from roughly 30 miles away

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Red blood cells make the entire journey around the body in about 20 seconds

20

Your nose has the ability to remember more than 50,000 different scents

21

You produce enough spit in one lifetime to fill two full swimming pools

22

There is an ecosystem of bacteria in your belly button the size of a rainforest