


human body facts, human body trivia, anatomy trivia, biology trivia1. For every pound of fat gained, you add seven miles of new blood vessels.




2. Muscle tissue is three times more efficient at burning calories than fat.


This is why possessing more muscle should be a training goal for most people. More muscle = more calories burned = less fat = being more fit looking. Simple goals and simple math.


3. You are taller in the morning than in the evening.




human body facts, human body trivia, anatomy trivia, biology trivia4. Your stomach manufactures a new lining every three days to avoid digesting itself.


As a part of the digestive process, your stomach secretes hydrochloric acid (HA). HA is a powerful corrosive compound also used to treat various metals. The HA your stomach secretes is also powerful, but mucous lining the stomach wall keeps it within the digestive system. As a result it breaks down the food you consume, but not your own stomach.


5. Your body produces enough heat in only thirty minutes to boil a half-gallon of water.


Your body is the epitome of a study on the laws of thermodynamics. You produce heat from all that is going on - exercise, metabolizing food, maintaining homeostasis – and as you sweat, exhale, excrete, and urinate (lovely thoughts, all of them).


6. Human bone is as strong as granite, relative to supporting resistance.


Would you believe a matchbox-size chunk of bone can support 18,000 pounds? Compared to concrete, human bone is four times greater in support strength.


7. Your skin is an organ.




human body facts, human body trivia, anatomy trivia, biology trivia8. By the age of eighteen your brain stops growing.


From that age forward it begins to lose more than 1,000 brain cells every day. Only two percent of your body weight is occupied by your gray matter, but is uses up to 20% of your overall energy output (it needs carbohydrates). Your brain works continuously and never rests, even when you're asleep. Aside from producing REM dreams, your brain works overtime to replenish its ability to function normally during your daytime waking hours.


9. There are more than 600 individual skeletal muscles and 206 bones in your body.








These are only ten things you probably did not know about body. Pretty amazing stuff! There is plenty more to know about the human body, and I recommend you discover these facts by being inquisitive.


Are there any amazing facts about the human body that you’ve discovered? Please share in the comments below.


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