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5) You have over 600 muscles.
These range from the tiny muscles in your inner ear to the large gluteus maximus.
6) You blink about 20 times
a minute.
That’s roughly 28,000 times a day.
7) Blood vessels could stretch around the world. If laid end-to-end, your body’s blood vessels would stretch over 60,000 miles.
8) You’re taller in the morning.
Spinal discs compress during the day, making you up to 1 cm shorter by night.
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9) You can’t breathe and swallow at the same time. Your body is designed to do only one of those at a time to prevent choking.
10) Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.
That’s around 35 million beats a year without ever taking a break.
11) Your tongue has a unique print.
Like fingerprints, no two tongue prints are alike.
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12) The average person has about 100,000 hairs on
their head.
And you shed around 50-100 hairs every day.
13) Goosebumps are a survival reflex.
They’re a leftover response meant to make our ancestors’ body hair stand on end to look larger.
14) Your liver can regenerate itself.
It’s the only internal organ that can regrow to its full size even after 75% is removed.
15) Your sense of smell can detect over 1 trillion scents. Much more than scientists previously believed.
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16) Your stomach gets
a new lining every few days.
This prevents the acid inside from digesting your stomach itself.
17) Fingernails grow faster than toenails. And nails on your dominant hand grow slightly faster too.
18) Your body is constantly replacing itself.
Every 7 to 10 years, nearly every cell in your body has been replaced.
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