Amazing Body Facts

Did You Know…

• Your fingernails grow four times as fast as your toenails?
• Babies are born with 300 bones – adults have 206
• Eyelashes last about 150 days
• The heart circulates your blood through your body about 1,000 times each day
• You make about half a quart (500ml) of spit each day
• The smallest bone in your body is in your ears
• Your blood has the same amount of salt in it as the ocean does
• A sneeze blows air out of your nose at 100 miles per hour
• You are taller in the morning than you are at night
• Humans are the only animals that cry when upset
• Many more boys are color blind than girls are
• Children have more taste buds than adults
• Your lungs are the only organs in your body that float
• Food spends up to 6 hours in the stomach being digested
• Your eyeballs are actually part of your brain
• Bones are 4 times stronger than concrete
• The largest muscle in your body is the one you are sitting on!