YOUR HEAD
WEIRD FACTS
INSIDE YOUR BODY!
RANDOM BODY PARTS
100

TRUE OR FALSE:

YOUR EARS NEVER STOP GROWING

TRUE

100

TRUE OR FALSE:

You are about 1cm taller in the morning when you first get up than when you go to bed.

TRUE!

This is because during the day the soft cartilage between your bones gets squashed and compressed.

100

WHICH IS LONGER;

A. ESOPHAGUS

B. LARGE INTESTINE

C. SMALL INTESTINE

C. SMALL INTESTINE (APPROXIMATELY 21 FEET LONG!)
100

WHICH USES MORE MUSCLES: SMILING OR FROWING?

FROWING!

200

TRUE OR FALSE:

EARWAX IS ACTUALLY A TYPE OF SWEAT

TRUE

200

WHAT MUSCLE NEVER GETS TIRED?  IF IT DOES TIRE YOU DIE.

YOUR HEART MUSCLE

200

TRUE OR FALSE:

CHEWING GUM STAYS IN YOUR STOMACH FOR 10 YEARS IF YOU SWALLOW IT?

FALSE: IT ONLY STAYS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, JUST LIKE FOOD

200

IN WHAT ORGAN IS URINE PRODUCED?

YOUR KIDNEYS!
300

YOUR TONGUE HAS HOW MANY TASTE BUDS;

A: 80

B: 800

C: 8000

D: 80,000

C: 8000 TASTE BUDS AND EACH CONTAINS 100 CELLS SO THIS ALLOWS YOU TO TASTE YOUR FOOD

300

EVERY MINUTE YOU SHED HOW MANY DEAD SKIN CELLS?

A: 30 CELLS

B. 300 CELLS

C. 3000 CELLS

D. 30,000 CELLS

D. 30,000 SKIN CELLS ARE SHED EVERY MINUTE!

300

DO TEETH HAVE NERVES?

YES, THAT'S WHY A TOOTHACHE CAN BE SO PAINFUL!

300

WATER MAKES UP ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR FECES?

25%, 50% OR 75%?

75% (MORE IN DIARRHEA)

400

HOW MANY LITRES OF SPIT DO YOU PRODUCE IN YOUR LIFETIME?

A. 400 LITRES

B. 4000 LITRES

C. 40,000 LITRES

C. 40, 000 LITRES!

THAT'S ENOUGH TO FILL 500 BATHTUBS!

400

TRUE OR FALSE

BABIES ARE BORN WITH 300 BONES AND BY THE TIME THEY BECOME AN ADULT THEY WILL ONLY HAVE 206 BONES?

TRUE:

SOME OF THESE BONES FUSE TOGETHER AS THEY GROW

400

WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PUPILS WHEN IT GETS DARK?

THEY GET LARGER (CALLED THE PUPILLARY REFLEX)

400

HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DOES THE AVERAGE PERSON FART?

3 TIMES, 7 TIMES OR 14 TIMES?

14 TIMES!

500

HOW OFTEN DO YOU BLINK YOUR EYES IN ONE MINUTE?

A. 2 TIMES

B. 20 TIMES

C. 200 TIMES

B. 20 TIMES A MINUTE!

500

WHERE IS THE LARGEST BONE IN YOUR BODY LOCATED?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS BONE IS CALLED?


THE FEMUR IS THE LARGEST BONE AND IT IS LOCATED IN YOUR LEG
500

YOU HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF VERTEBRAE IN YOUR NECK AS A GIRAFFE DOES?

TRUE!

500

SALIVA CAN HELP HEAL CUTS ON OUR SKIN, TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE (A PROTEIN IN SALIVA HELPS HEAL WOUNDS)

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