Interesting facts about our incredible bodies:

Blog, Human Body, Wellbeing
December 28, 2020

The human body is so interesting and complex. We are still learning new things about it.

Below is a list of interesting facts:

Humans completely replace their outer skin every month
In an average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator
The jaw is the most commonly used joint in the human body
Honey is the only food that does not spoil
The strongest muscle in the human body (proportional to its size) is the tongue
When you gain or lose weight, your fat cells don’t disappear — they simply change in size.
Paper cuts are more painful than regular cuts because such a wound almost never bleeds; instead, nerve endings stay open to the air which irritates them.

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Originally published on https://www.facebook.com/SallyAnnCreedSA/ in 2020.

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