Interesting Facts: The Human Body

The human body and how it functions is fascinating. New things continue to be discovered.

The following interesting facts about the body are from www.howstuffworks.com.

• Similar to fingerprints, everyone has a unique tongue print.
• Your nose can remember 50,000 different smells.
• A pair of feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day
• The human head is one-quarter of our total length at birth, but only one-eighth our total length by the time we reach adulthood.