40 Fascinating But Pretty Unsettling Human Body Facts That You Might Have No Idea About
The human body is an oddball. Our bodies, which consist of 206 bones, a few liters of blood, approximately 600 muscles, and much more, have evolved over a period of about 6 million years and are now capable of amazing feats.
Even though we may not all be competing in the Olympics or scaling Mount Everest, each and every one of us has a body that is working really hard to keep us alive. And even though we live our entire lives in these intriguing skin suits, most of us don't really grasp how they function.
How well-versed are you in the human body? If you don't work in the medical sector, it's likely that you don't fully understand many of our bodily processes.
Our bodies are amazingly intricate. In adults, there are over 46 miles of nerves, more than 60,000 miles of blood vessels, and over 100 billion nerve cells in their brains.
Not to mention our intelligence, our ability to exercise our free will, and our tendency to make decisions that are consistent with society rather than just acting on instinct. Because of this, a Reddit user named Alwaysclimbing5 asked other Redditors to provide interesting facts about the human body that few people are aware of.
Here is the post below:
Alwaysclimbing5Readers shared fascinating information, ranging from how we can be born with extra ribs to how sensitive our noses are to the scent of rain. We've compiled the most fascinating comments from the reddit thread below for you to read.
1. Hey everyone, guess what... I'm a mutant
Oliver-garden, Pixabay2. Some people never get a headache
lilranter, Edward Jenner3. Your body takes a a while to slow down
diego_le_blanco4. What natural redheads require...
LollyHutzenklutz5. The magic of breast milk
LeeLooPoopy6. One amazing thing I discovered during my thesis
yourteam
7. How we sleep when we're in an unfamiliar environment
creeperedz, Ivan Oboleninov
8. Every 45 seconds or so, he had a hiccup
cms0603, Rohan Dalal
9. It's not the heat of the sun that's hurting us
datboiakon, Tora Chu
10. You can still see it, all over the human body
vault13rev
11. You can give birth after you've died
hetep-di-isfet, Lisa
12. The immune privilege of the eye
Kubrick_Fan, Pixabay
13. This is an amazing evolutionary adaptation to protect the eye sight
ddsmd
14. Just one nostril doing the work at a time
thecuriousdigest, Frederico Dionisio
15. When you want to wake up at an exact time
whosharjot_singh, Acharaporn Kamornboonyarush
16. What women are programmed to forget
Sqwoopy, freestocks
17. Your brain chooses to ignore seeing the nose
GustavGarlicBread, Tima Miroshnichenko
18. Out internal regulator keeps us from using our full strength
Mad_Maddin, samer daboul
19. Why our hands gets wrinkly some of the time
LeaninKeenan
20. Your liver can actually regenerate
Rock_Robster__
21. There are some people who are super sleepers
lokensnarm
22. The anticipatory rise that happens involuntarily
Wizzkidsjay, Ketut Subiyanto
24. They spend their entire lives on our faces
alienandro, Pixabay
24. An amazing example of neuroplasticity
Sydney2London
25. When you feel like the first second lasts a little bit too long
Wdebense
26. Some super humans right there
AidansSeenSomeS**t, Thirdman
27. A baby has several defense mechanism
natpri00
28. The number of bones in a baby's body
Dee_Jay77
29. The body has enough fat
obliterator101, Valeria Boltneva
30. We are more bacteria than human
sandysanBAR, Tima Miroshnichenko
31. The bones in your body
gianthooverpig
32. A strong femur
anon, Polina Tankilevitch
33. The corpus callosum
anon, Andrea Piacquadio
34. Weight loss
EpsilonRider
35. The baby urine
purpleRN, Anastasiia Chepinska
36. Always!
verifiedone
37. Now I know better
crazynights87, charlesdeluvio
38. Amazing fact
pretendimgoodatthis
39. The palmaris longus
johigangan, wikimedia.commons
40. Uhm... Okay...
gayboyuwu, Brian Yurasits
No matter how attentive you were in biology class during your freshman year, there is a reason why becoming a doctor might take more than ten years. We hope you enjoy your daily dose of biology and learn something new about yourself.
Let us know the facts that truly astounded you in the comments below. Make sure to share this post with your loved ones so they too can learn something new.
