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It's easy to take our bodies for granted. The moment
we are injured, however, we begin to think more actively about how to
protect ourselves. Something as little as a paper cut can bring enough
discomfort to ruin our daily routines. The best way to understand and
take care of our bodies is to keep learning more about them.
When we are educated on just how fragile and, conversely, how strong our
bodies are — yes, they can be both — we learn how to nourish ourselves
with the right food, proper rest, and care. We can also push ourselves
to run faster and more often, and we know to switch to products that our
bodies respond more positively to.
Wherever you are in your learning journey, you're a lot more interesting
and more powerful than you think. Here's a list of some facts about the
human body to prove it.
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Your body has enough iron in it to make a metal nail 3 inches long.
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Each heart has its own electrical system,
which means that as long as it receives oxygen, it'll continue to beat
even if it's removed from the body.
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On a daily basis, our hearts produce enough energy to drive a truck for
20 miles.
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Sweat is odorless, and body odor actually comes from it mixing with
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If our eyes were digital cameras, they'd measure at 576 megapixels.
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Your feet contain 1/4 of all the bones in your body. This means that the
alignment of these bones affect the rest of the body.
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Although smaller in size, a woman's heart beats faster than that
of a man's, even while asleep.
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Our noses can remember about 50,000 different scents.
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Every single one of us have tiny mites called demodex
living in our eyelashes.
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Sleep is important. Getting less than 7 hours of sleep
each night can reduce your life expectancy.
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Our ears and noses never stop growing.
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In your lifetime, your heart will pump enough blood to fill 200 train
tank cars.
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Babies have about 60 more bones than adults. As we grow, some of our
bones fuse together to form one.
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According to new research, our brains continue to develop well into our
40s.
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Each of us have unique tongue prints, just as we do fingerprints. |