12 Bizarre, Disgusting, End-Game Stats About the Human Body
![12 Bizarre, Disgusting, End-Game Stats About the Human Body](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/2/902432_320x180.jpg)
Welcome, dear reader, to this list of 12 surprising stats about what your body does in a lifetime. It is a list that will surprise, amaze, and astound you. You will learn about the incredible things your body does every day, and you will be in awe of the sheer amount of work that your body does over the course of a lifetime.
From the incredible amount of water your kidneys filter out, to the 700 million breaths you will take, to the six and a half thousand gallons of mucus your body will make, you will be amazed at the sheer amount of work your body does every day. You will also learn about the new drug that reduces liver fibrosis, the 27 bones in your hands, and the three years the average person spends waiting at red lights.
So, without further ado, let us dive into this list of 12 surprising stats about what your body does in a lifetime. Enjoy.
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Kidneys: Turning water into waste since birth.
![CRACKED YOU FILTER ONE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. Throughout their life, the kidneys will filter out around one million gallons of water and turn it into urine.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/3/901803.jpg)
Shedding 77 pounds. Skipping the gym?
![YOU SHED HALF YOUR WEIGHT IN SKIN. Over the course of their life, the average person will shed around half their body weight in skin - that's about 77 pounds. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/6/901796.jpg)
Hair today ... gone tomorrow.
![YOU GROW NOSE HAIRS LONGER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON'S HEIGHT. A nose hair growing from a single follicle can grow up to six feet in a person's lifetime. Enough for a whole new you, roughly. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/1/901801.jpg)
Ticking away, relentlessly.
![CRACKED YOUR HEART WILL BEAT BILLIONS OF TIMES. Throughout our lives, our hearts beat an average of about 2.5 billion times. In a day, that's 100,000 times, and in a year, it's 35 million times.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/4/901804.jpg)
Three times around the world? No sweat.
![YOU WALK ENOUGH STEPS TO TAKE YOU AROUND THE WORLD THREE TIMES. The average adult will walk around 75,000 miles in their lifetime, which is like taking a trip around the world three times. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/8/901798.jpg)
25 million flips of the bird.
![YOU BEND AND STRETCH YOUR FINGERS MILLIONS OF TIMES. The average human hand is bent and stretched an incredible amount of times throughout their life - around 25 million times. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/0/901800.jpg)
Work, work, work.
![YOU SPEND OVER A DECADE OF YOUR LIFE AT WORK. The typical person (in the UK, at least, but it's probably not much different elsewhere) spends almost 12 years of his life working, which adds up to 99,117 hours. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/7/901797.jpg)
Waiting ... forever.
![YOU SPEND MONTHS WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE. The average person spends around four months of their life just sitting at red lights. That's assuming you drive for 50 years and spend 20% of all your driving time at a red light. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/8/0/2/901802.jpg)
Earning their mane.
![YOU GROW HUNDREDS OF MILES OF HAIR. Over the course of their life, the average person will grow enough hair to stretch out for about 590 miles. CRACKED](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/9/901799.jpg)
Living the dream: sleeping 11 hours a day.
![CRACKED YOU SPEND NEARLY HALF YOUR LIFE IN YOUR BED. The typical American spends a lot of time in bed-about 11 hours a day, which adds up to 36 years, or almost half of their life.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/5/901795.jpg)
Saliva: Not just for drooling?
![CRACKED YOU MAKE ENOUGH SPIT TO FILL A POOL. Over the course of a lifetime, the average person will produce enough saliva to fill a modest swimming pool - 20,440 liters.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/9/4/901794.jpg)