15 Interesting Facts About The Sentient Meat Sack We’re Strolling Around In

Our skin is our largest organ. It protects us from the outside world and helps regulate our body temperature. Our skin also helps us to stay hydrated—it’s made up of water, oil, and other nutrients that keep our bodies healthy. But there’s more to our skin than meets the eye. Did you know that our skin is constantly renewing itself? Every 28 days or so, our skin cells go through a natural process of regeneration, shedding dead cells and growing new ones. This process helps to keep our skin looking young and healthy. And it’s not just our skin that’s constantly renewing itself—our bones, muscles, and other tissues are also in a state of constant regeneration. So the next time you look in the mirror, remember that you’re looking at a living, breathing organism—a complex system of interdependent parts that are all working together to keep you alive and well.

This earthly vessel of ours is strange. With so many parts simultaneously doing their own thing, there's a lot going on in us and on us all the time. Here are 15 interesting facts about our skin-wrapped wet skeletons.

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