Interesting Facts About the Human Body – 1

1. In 24 hours, a healthy adult does the following:
(a) Breathes 23,040 times
(b) Pumps 7,500 liters of blood
(c) Dreams for an average of 1-1.5 minutes each night
(d) The heart beats 130,680 times
(e) Speaks about 4,800 words on average
(f) Drinks about 1 seer and 2 chotak (approx. 1.3 liters) of water

(g) 7 million brain cells are active in some way
(h) Hair grows about 0.01714 inches
(i) Height decreases by 1 cm in the evening compared to the morning
2. The human body consists of 70% water and 18% carbon
3. A person’s heart is about the size of their clenched fist
4. Contrary to popular belief, the heart is not on the left side of the chest. It is centrally located, but about one-third extends to the left.
5. The human body has 100 joints.
6. It takes 0.4 seconds to blink an eye.
7. About 100 hairs grow on the head daily.
8. The velocity of blood flow in a healthy body is 7 miles per hour.
9. The average power capacity of a person is 0.143 horsepower.
10. An individual usually cries about 250 million times in a normal lifetime.
11. Men’s nails grow faster than women’s.
12. The total length of fingernail growth in a person’s lifetime is on average 28 meters.
13. In the first year after birth, a baby secretes approximately 146 liters of saliva.
14. In the first two years after birth, a baby crawls about 150 kilometers.
15. If a person sleeps 6 hours a day and lives for 50 years, 12.5 years of their life are spent sleeping.