20 Fun And Fascinating Facts About The Human Body

The way the human body works used to be a miracle for centuries and only after thousands of experiments and detailed researches scientists were able to figure out everything.

Although, there are lots of interesting facts people don’t know about the human body such as the fact that the thigh bone is what inspired the design of the famous Eiffel Tower that sits in the center of Paris.

With that said, today we are going to share with you 20 incredible facts about the human body that might leave you dumbfounded.

20. The Cornea

We are going to start things off with a really intriguing fact about the cornea. This is the only part of the body that doesn’t get any blood and to make things even more interesting, the cornea gets its oxygen supply directly from thin air.

19. Shedding Weight

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Studies show that people shed around 600,000 particles of skin every single hour! This totals to 1.5 pounds per year. This fact might be a little spooky, but we have to mention it.

Most of the dust underneath your bed is highly likely your own dead skin.

18. Electric Shock

Lighting strikes are very dangerous and they can do more than enough damage to take someone out. Despite that, the human body is strong and nine out of ten people who got struck by lightning survived.

17. Atoms

Everyone knows that atoms make up everything that is around us, including the human body. However, can you guess how many atoms make up an adult human? The answer to this question is 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms.