Saturday, May 16, 2009

Little Known Factoids


· Scientists say the higher your I.Q., the more you dream.

· The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.

· You use 200 muscles to take one step.

· The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.

· Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.

· Your feet contain 250,000 sweat glands.

· A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.

· The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.

· The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopædia Britannica.

· It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

· The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.

· At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.

· We have about one trillion bacteria on each foot.

· Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.

· The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.

· Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.

· When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate; they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.

· Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

· Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.

· Men who shave their chests (or any other parts of their bodies) are 947 times more likely to be raped in prison.


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