Our Amazing Bodies

Our Amazing Bodies

by Marilyn Mackenzie

I discovered a site that has 100 Weird Facts About the Human Body.

Like:

Blondes have more hair. They're said to have more fun, and they definitely have more hair. Hair color determines how dense the hair on your head is. The average human has 100,000 hair follicles, each of which is capable of producing 20 individual hairs during a person's lifetime. Blondes average 146,000 follicles while people with black hair tend to have about 110,000 follicles. Those with brown hair fit the average with 100,000 follicles and redheads have the least dense hair, with about 86,000 follicles.

and...

You must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone. You lose hundreds of hairs a day but you'll have to lose a lot more before you or anyone else will notice. Half of the hairs on your pretty little head will have to disappear before your impending baldness will become obvious to all those around you.

The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.

Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph. Coughs clock in at around 60 mph.

By 60 years of age, 60-percent of men and 40-percent of women will snore.

You use 200 muscles to take one step.

If you want to read the other strange things, click here: 100 Weird Facts About the Human Body

Go ahead. I know you want to know.

Comments: 17

Chris E. May 23, 2008, 8:41pm EDT

Thanks for the link. There are some interesting fact on the list. My son will love this too!

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Tom M. May 23, 2008, 8:51pm EDT

Love sites and books like this...thanks !

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Kay M. May 23, 2008, 8:53pm EDT

Interesting stuff. Someday I might snore!

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Rob Appell May 23, 2008, 9:16pm EDT

I wonder if it means I've lost 46,000 hair follicles since my hair was light blond when I was little...and it's now brown as an 'old man'. (But I'm not balding in the least bit!) I pre-maturely aged. I already knew I was snoring at age 30. And since I only have one leg, that must mean I only use 100 muscles to take a step.

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Lin G. May 23, 2008, 10:22pm EDT

I really have to laugh at this one, Marilyn. I'm a brunette and I've had beauticians curse me because my hair is so thick they have to work twice as hard to cut it as on a 'normal' person. On the other hand, my daughter is blonde and her hair is fine and thin and wispy. I've been told I'll never be bald no matter how much hair I loose. On the other hand, I'm over 60 and I do snore. But so does my dog.

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Susan V. May 23, 2008, 10:41pm EDT

interesting!

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Holli G. May 23, 2008, 10:42pm EDT

wow. that is prety cool

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Marilyn M. May 24, 2008, 12:09am EDT

Lin, I thought it was pretty funny too. I was a blonde and had really thick hair. As a teen, I could wash my hair before bed and put it in curlers and wake up the next morning with it still wet. I hated that. Today, it's pretty thin. I hope that doesn't mean I've already lost 50%.

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Vana R. May 24, 2008, 12:30am EDT

I've also heard as we age, we get shorter since our spines compress and our ears and noses keep growing until we die.

I'm already short and my nose is big...I sure hope my hubby still likes me when I'm 80 and look like a troll!

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David W. May 24, 2008, 12:55am EDT

More good clutter for my brain as if it wasn't crowded enough.

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