17 Jaw-Dropping Facts You Didn't Know About the Body

[Music] 17 jaw-dropping things you didn't know about the human body did you love science at school let's face it only a handful of us had the stomach for learning all the scientific stuff back then by heart but today's topic will be easier to perceive what is more it will be much more exciting we have 17 jaw-dropping facts about your body that may still be hard to swallow and digest but you will be all ears to hear about them if you have any comments while watching the video don't go back share them below the video and hit the like button to show us that you appreciate our work number 17 your brain can generate enough electricity to power a small light bulb when you are awake your brain is known to generate electricity in the amount of about 15 to 25 watts this power is quite enough to keep a low wattage LED lamp shining simultaneously with electricity production this organ generates random thoughts up to 50,000 a day one more shocking fact or better to say a myth debunked the common knowledge that people use just ten percent of brain capacity is in fact very wrong pray the scans conducted show that people use most of their brain even when they are asleep number 16 human teeth are roughly as strong as sharp teeth and it's a flattering comparison sharks have on average 15 rows of strong teeth placed in each jaw in fact they are already born with a set of teeth and can protect themselves from the baby age sharks are those lucky creatures that don't suffer from teeth problems and cavities and their teeth are as strong as the human ones now to the fun part the enamel which covers the top of your teeth is the hardest part of your whole body [Music] number 15 depending on its acidity if your stomach acid made contact with your skin it could eat a hole in it hydrochloric acid is a typical inhabitant of a human stomach this type of acid is industrial grade and can in fact destroy metals and the human body though it protects the immune system and kills off lots of viruses and bacteria contained in the food people eat also the acid helps a special enzyme to grind products consisting of proteins so that your body can digest such food easier and one more super cute fact about your stomach if you blush the insides of this organ turn red as well [Music] number fourteen apart from its in flammability the human hair is virtually indestructible hair is a fabulous part of a human body first of all it is the place where all the information about a person is stored even the content of your bloodstream such as vitamins drugs or alcohol can be found out from a strand of hair analysis one strand can support about 3.5 ounces of weight number 13 humans can create up to seven thousand different facial expressions well actually according to scientists there are four main or basic facial expressions angry afraid surprised happy and sad based on these all the rest of 7,000 expressions are performed it is interesting than facial expressions which are genuine are more likely to be symmetrical number twelve babies have over 60 more bones in their bodies than adults babies are born with as many as 270 bones later on some of the bones start fusing together for instance the bones of the spine another good example is a baby skull that has several overlapping bones it makes it easier for a baby to squeeze out during the birth number 11 the resolution of the human eye is estimated to be around 500 megapixels it makes them 72 times more precise than the rear camera of an iPhone 6 what is more your eyes can see the difference between 10 million colors sounds great just one question why do we need smartphone screens with 16 million color range [Music] number twelve an adult skin weighs around seventeen point six pounds or more on average making up 16% of the total body weight you would probably never say so but it is the largest organ of the human body perhaps the skin weight makes lifting up another human being so difficult another interesting fact about your skin is that every square inch of it is covered with more than 600 sweat glands it might be the reason people's sweat a lot number 9 the human skeleton completely regenerates itself every 10 years since this is happening constantly on a cellular level you always have a blend of old and new bones in your body but it doesn't mean you shouldn't take care of your current bones thinking that they will anyway be replaced within a decade eat calcium rich food to help them stay strong number eight your eyes stay closed for about 10 percent of your waking outs that's the time you spend believing a person blinks on average 15 times a minute though what is proven that women do it twice as often as men what is more women on birth control pills blink even more frequently than those who don't take them the bigger can go as high as 32% more often at the same time babies don't blink as much as adults only two of even fewer times a minute number seven your kidneys filter all of your blood about 25 times a day processing 4.75 gallons of it all together only 1% of the blood they filter turn into the urine the rest is redistributed throughout the body a kidney of an adult isn't big at all in fact its size can be compared to that of a fist it's hard to imagine the biggest kidneys don't ever its weight was two and a half pounds and it looked like a coconut number six the pink corner of our eye is the third eyelid a third eyelid you will ask do we have it yes we humans retain a tiny fold in the inner corner of the eye it is what is left from a membrane birds and mammals have had for protecting the ions sweeping out debris at the same time providing visibility we don't need this function anymore so it's a high possibility that it will disappear with time number five the liver is capable of fully regenerating its original size even after removing as much as 75% of the entire organ it makes liver transplant surgeries altogether possible and effective people who donate part of their liver to those who are in need don't have to worry about their health their liver will soon regenerate the part which has been donated number four your heartbeat synchronizes with the rhythm of the music you are listening to recent research shows that music especially the one that contains a continuous increase in volume with tempo makes your heartbeat synchronize with it it is relevant for both musicians and amateurs or simply music lovers number three the same enzymes that are responsible for digesting the food people eat will begin to digest the human body itself after death to be precise they make human organs start to digest the body and the enzymes themselves they team up with microbes and the process of decomposition begins number two some of the atoms in our bodies are Stardust that is billions of years old sounds very romantic doesn't it unfortunately not only humans can boast such body ingredients all plants animals your food even your car contains pieces of distant stars the thing is when stars explode they shoot the elements which they used to consist of to the farthest corners of the universe that is how Stardust may unexpectedly appear in your Super Bowl number one in an average lifetime the heart pumps around 53 million gallons of blood that's enough to fill approximately 1.5 million barrels to do so your heart has to be very hardworking this fist-sized organ beats around 115 thousand times a day and pumps 2,000 gallons of blood in a lifetime the number of it's beats can reach 3 billion don't forget to give us a thumbs up if the video gets 40 thousand likes we will tell you 15 shocking facts about the human evolution you've never heard about join us on the bright side [Music]

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Length: 8min 55sec (535 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 16 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/Urbec]

WTF that face is nightmare material...

[u/smilebreathe]

My brain generates 30 watts, which is why people say I'm so bright :)

[u/qcubed3]

Just asking for a friend, but how many human brains would I need to power an entire machine city?

[u/[deleted]]

uses, not generates

[u/Bentman343]

What the fuck does that thumbnail have to do with lightbulbs?

[u/Hops143]

Uh, yeah, haven't you ever seen a cartoon character have an idea?

[u/chacham2]

What a good idea this led to.

[u/Jajakomopowers]

Power companies having us dupped.

[u/yuk_dum_boo_bum]

Combined with a form of fusion...