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

By:: Jay L'Ecuyer

February 01, 2022

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

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’s 15 interesting facts about our skin-wrapped wet skeletons.

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HURRICANE SNEEZES : GRAGKED.COM Little pig, little pig, let me in. On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a category 2 hurricane is 96-110 mph, and according to the American Lung Association, a sneeze travels up to 100 mph. — Source: lung.org

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THE CORNEA BE IS A LONER GRAGKED.COM The cornea is the only part of the body with no blood supply. It gets its oxygen directly from the air. — Source: wtamu

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TASTE NEEDS SMELL GRAGKED.COM Since our sense of smell is about 10,000 times more sensitive than our sense of taste, around 80% of what we think is taste is actually smell. Flavor is a combination of taste and smell perception. — Source: sciencelearn

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BUSYBODY HEART life CRACKED.COM Our heart beats around 100,000 times a day, 365,000,000 times a year, and over a 70-year lifetime, the average human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times. — Source: hoag.org

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HEARTBEAT RHYTHM BE CRACKED.COM Our heartbeat syncs with the beat. Slow music stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, decreasing the heart rate, and fast music stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, increasing the heart rate. — Source: msjonline

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TONGUE PRINTS AT THE SCENE CRACKED.COM As well as unique fingerprints, the tongue is unique to every person with respect to its shape and surface textures. Recently, the tongue print is gaining momentum as a tool in biometric authentication. — Source: ncbi

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EYELASH LIFE CYCLE GRAGKED.COM The lifespan of an eyelash can vary from 4 months to as long as 11 months. There are 3 phases of this lifespan: the growth phase, the degradation phase, and the telogen phase. — Source: healthline

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FINE! WHO BE NEEDS YA? CRACKED.COM The American Academy of Dermatology notes that it is normal for a person to lose about 50 to 100 hairs each day as part of the body's natural renewal cycle. — Source: medicalnewstoday

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GRAVITY SHRINKS US GRAGKED.COM On average, we are about 1cm taller in the morning than at night, because gravity causes the cartilage in our knees and spine to compress throughout the day. When we sleep, the cartilage decompresses to its normal size. — Source: areufithealthservices

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BONE HOGS CRACKED.COM With 206 total bones in our body, and 52 bones in our feet (26 in each foot), just over one quarter of our bones are in our feet. — Source: inshorts

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THE EYE IS A GREAT CAMERA CRACKED.COM According to scientist and photographer Dr. Roger Clark, the human eye's resolution is 576 megapixels. Inspired by the eye, Samsung plans to release a 576 megapixel camera in 2025. — Source: discovery.com
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BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT GRACKED COM 1 blink is 100 milliseconds, and we blink roughly every 6 seconds, so that's 1/60th of our awake time. If we get 8 hours of sleep per night, then we're awake 2/3rds of hopefully an 80 year lifetime, and at that rate, we're blinking for 0.9 years of our lives. — Source: answerstoall

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HARD AS NAILS CRACKED.COM On average, the human body contains enough iron to make a 3 inch (7.5 cm) long nail. Most of this iron is found in the blood. — Source: quipoquiz

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SMALL BUT MIGHTY BE CRACKED.COM While our index finger, middle finger, and thumb are much bigger, they're mostly there to provide dexterity. 50% of our hand strength actually comes from our pinky. — Source: vinepair

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CHIN UP, YOU'RE HUMAN CRACKED.COM Not just the lower part of our face, the chin is a specific term for that little piece of bone extending from the jaw, and humans are the only animals on the planet that have one. Even chimps and gorillas, our closest genetic cousins, lack chins. — Source: smithsonianmag

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