Friday 18 May 2012

Facts about the BODY
1. In 30 minutes, the average body gives off enough heat (combined)to bring a half gallon of water to boil.

2. A single human blood cell takes only 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

3. A foreskin, the size of a postage stamp, from circumcised babies take only 21 days to grow skin that can cover three(3) basketball courts. Amazing isn't it. Thanks to science. The laboratory-grown skin isused in treating burn patients.

4. The eyes receive approximately 90 percent of all our information, making us basically visual creatures.

5. The female ovaries contain nearly half-a-million egg cells, yet only 400 or so will ever get the opportunity to create a new life.

Sources: Reader's Digest Book of Facts

http://listverse.com/2008/06/10/top-15-amazing-facts-about-the-human-body/

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