Human Body Truths
11. Kidneys
Our body has 2 kidneys each of which has ten lakh super efficient filters. They filter about 1.25 litres of blood each minute and gives out about 1.5 litres of urine in a day.
12. Diet Intake
The diet intake of a common westerner includes 50 tonnes of food and about 50,000 litres of fluid.
13. Height
Each night we grow about 0.3 inches. However every morning we come back to our original height because our cartilage discs shrink due to force of gravity as we stand
14. Bones
Our bones are a powerhouse of strength. A bone, the size of a match box can support nine tonnes of weight almost four times the strength of a similar concrete slab.
15. Brain
Our brain has about hundred billion nerve cells and about 100,000 miles of blood vessels.
16. Heart
An adult heart pumps about two thousand gallons of blood each day.
17. Blood
Our blood takes only 20 seconds to circulate in our entire body.
18. Tongue
The human tongue has about 50 to 100 taste cells. A single cell cannot identify both sweet and bitter tastes.
19. Nose 01
The human nose can detect close to ten thousand scents.
20. Nose 02
The human nose can't detect the smell of natural gas which can be hazardous so the gas companies mix a chemical called Marcaptan to give it a distinct odour
