1. 98% of the atoms in our body are replaced every year.

2. Nearly three hundred million cells die in the body every minute but are
actually only 0.0001% of the cells replaced every day.
3. Losing an eye causes a loss of only onefifth of the vision but all of the
sense of depth.
!. "hen a person snee#es$ all the body functions stop including the heart.
%. &he food reaches the stomach from the mouth in about seven seconds.
'. ( human may survive after the removal of the stomach$ spleen$ one lung$
one )idney$ 80% of the intestine$ *%% of the liver and almost every organ
from the groin and pelvic region.
*. &he average height of the people in the developed countries has
increased by about 10cm in the last 1%0 years.
8. +ne feels thirsty even ,hen the ,ater contents in the body are reduced by
only 1%.
9. &he thic)ness of human hair decreases ,ith increasing age.
10. +ne can survive longer ,ithout food than one can ,ithout sleep.
11. &he left lung is smaller than the right because of the presence of the heart.
12. -oya beans$ eggs and liver are good for memory.
13. Left handed people are nearly 13%.
1!. *2 different muscles contribute ,hen a person spea)s.
1%. ( ne, layer of the mucous is produced by the stomach every t,o ,ee)s
other,ise it might digest itself.
1'. 1! muscles are used to smile but about !3 to fro,n.
1*. .air and fingernails are composed of the same substance.
18. /abies gro, faster during the spring time.
19. 0ed blood cells can be stored fro#en up to ten years for use.
20. .eart attac)s are more li)ely to occur on 1ondays says a 10 year study in
-cotland.
21. &he fingernails gro, much faster than the toenails.
22. .air gro, faster in hot ,eather.
23. &he human eye focuses on nearly %0 things per second.
2!. 2ifferent regions of the brain receive scent signals from nostrils in order to
determine the direction the odor is coming from.
2%. (nd nearly five million olfactory receptors are present to distinguish
different odors.
2'. 3ach human being spends about half an hour as a single cell.