Astounding Facts about the human body
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?The tiniest muscle, the stapedius of the middle ear , is just one fifth of an inch long.
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You sit on the biggest muscle in your body, the gluteus maximus a.k.a. the butt. Each of the two cheeky muscles tips the scales at about two pounds (not including the overlying fat layer).
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A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months
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Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.
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?There is more bacteria in your mouth than the human population of the United States and Canada combined .
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10% of human dry weight comes from bacteria.
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Humans are the only primates that don t have pigment in the palms of their hands.
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Babies start dreaming even before they re born.
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The heart pumps about 1 million barrels of blood during an average lifetime that s enough to fill 2 oil super tankers!
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Your body has about 5.6 liters (6 quarts) of blood. This 5.6 liters of blood circulates through the body three times every minute.
