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The miracle of the human body
That paradox is constantly trying to find out about yourself something new and otherwise improving themselves, we know little about what's inside and how our chief instrument of knowledge of the world - our own body. But every second of this unique mechanism to run thousands of stunning processes.
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1. Fingers of man so sensitive that if they were the size of Earth, you could feel the difference between a house and a car.
2. The human body contains 60, 000 miles of blood vessels. That would be enough to wrap the earth twice.
3. The human eye is so sensitive that if the Earth was flat, you might notice flickering candle in the night at a distance of 30 km.
4. When you blush, your stomach mucosa is red, too.
5. The human brain can read 1000 words per minute.
6. Inside your navel thousands of bacteria to form an ecosystem the size of a rain forest.
7. In the period of love the human brain produces the same cocktail of neurotransmitters and hormones, which is obtained when taking amphetamines. This leads to a rapid heart rate, loss of appetite and sleep, strong emotion.
8. We could see ultraviolet light if this ability are not filtered out by the lens of the eye. Some people, past surgery to remove the lens, see ultraviolet light.
9. An adult consists of 7, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 (7 octillion) atoms. For comparison, in our galaxy "only" about three hundred billion stars.
10. Our muscles are actually much more powerful than it seems. This power is typically limited to man could damage the muscles and tendons. Restrictions can be removed with the help of adrenaline - that under its influence people can lift boulders and even cars.
11. We are the best long-distance runner on the planet. Best of all tetrapods. In fact, thousands of years ago we could chase our prey as long as she did not die from exhaustion.
12. For 30 minutes the human body produces enough heat to boil 4 liters of water.
13. In our body hair as much, how much and in chimpanzees. Most of them are useless and so thin that practically invisible.
14. The atoms that make up your body today, it's the same atoms that were formed during the Big Bang, 13, 7 billion years ago.
15. Human bones as strong as granite. A piece of bone the size of a matchbox can withstand up to 9 tons of weight.
16. If the human brain were a computer, it could carry 38 thousand trillion operations per second. The most powerful supercomputer in the world, BlueGene, can perform only 0 and 002% of this.
17. The focusing muscles in your eyes moving 100, 000 times a day. To also train the muscles of your legs, you would need to take place on a daily basis, about 80 km.
18. At each kilogram of fat or muscle your body 10 kilometers creates new blood vessels.
19. Human DNA identical to the DNA of banana 50%.
20. Loneliness can cause physical pain. So, if you want to avoid the pain of loneliness, you have a powerful incentive to actively communicate with others.
21. Every second, your body produces 25 million new cells.
22. People and bioluminescent glow in the dark. The light that we generate 1,000 times weaker than our eyes can see.
23. During his life a person "reset" of about 40 kilograms of skin is completely renewing its "shell" every month.
24. The United neurons of the brain similar to the structure of the universe. In a sense, the brain is created in the image of the universe.
25. About 90% of our cells do not have such people too - we mainly fungi and bacteria.
26. Along with the traditional five senses of hearing, sight, touch, smell and taste, people also have a 15 "other" senses. These include balance, temperature, pain, time, and moreover inner feelings of suffocation, thirst and satiety.
27. You are a little richer than you think. Within each of us there are about 0, 2 milligram of gold, most of which is dissolved in our blood. Unfortunately, you'll need the blood of 40, 000 people to make one an eight coin.
28. The brain uses oxygen and 20% of calories consumed by the body, although it represents only 2% of the adult body weight.
29. Some women see more colors than others. Most people have three types of color receptors, and these women of their 4 or 5, which allows them to see a wider range of colors.
30. A condition called "synesthesia", can make one feel perceived by others. In other words, some people can taste the sounds or hear colors.
31. The need to breathe more than caused by the accumulation of carbon dioxide than oxygen demand. If there was another way to withdraw carbon dioxide from the blood, we could breathe about once a minute.
32. Crying relieves stress and allows people to reduce feelings of anger and sadness. It helps to cope with physical problems.
33. Our tears also have a different structure depending on the reason, their caller. Under the microscope, tears of sorrow, hope and tears while cutting onions look different.
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