1. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.
2. The acid in your stomach is so strong it can dissolve razorblades. See, we do all have super powers.
3. The incidents of immune system diseases have increased over 200% in the last five years. Things that make you go hmmmmm!
4. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. Who knew there would be an advantage?
5. Feet have 500,000 sweat glands that are capable of producing more than a pint of sweat a day. You would think there would be a lot more shelves of foot deodorant.
6. The brain itself cannot feel pain.
7. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
8. Your skin is home to about 32 million bacteria. Is your skin crawling?
9. Everyone has a unique tongue print. That would make for an interesting investigative tool.
10. Close to fifty percent of the bacteria in the mouth lives on the surface of your tongue.
11. Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes
12. Being lactose intolerant can cause chronic flatulence. One more important question to learn the answer to on the first date!
13. Human hair is virtually indestructible, unable to be destroyed by many acids, corrosive chemicals, and unaffected by cold and water. It even decays at an extremely slow rate. But like all superpowers it has one weakness, flammability
14. A person will die from a complete lack of sleep in 10 days.
15. A moderate sunburn damages the blood vessels extensively, taking four to fifteen months for them to repair. Who says suntans are for sissies?
16. You’ve probably heard more than once older person reference a ‘senior moment’ when he/she has forgotten something. There is truth to that. Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day which will never be replaced. Gives new meaning to over the hill, doesn’t it?