[Assam] Amazing facts of the human body

[kamal deka]

1.Bone count--An adult has fewer bones than a baby.We start off life with
350 bones,but because bones fuse together during growth,we end up with only
206 as adult.
2.Saliva quantity--In a lifetime,the average person produce about 25,000
quarts of saliva--enough to fill two swimming pools.
3.Tongue print--Similar to fingerprints,everyone also has a unique tongue
print.
4.Head weight--The head is one-quarter of our total length at birth but only
one-eighth of our total length by the time we reach adulthood.
5.Bacteria--Every square inch of skin on the human body has about 32
million  bacteria on it, but fortunately,the vast majority of them are
harmless.
6.Skin shedding--Human shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour that
works out to about 1.5 pounds each year,so the average person will loose
around 105 pounds of skin by age 70.
7.New stomach--Did you know that you get a new stomach lining every 3 to 4
days? If you did not,the strong acid your stomach uses to digest food would
also digest your stomach!
8.Blood distance--There are about 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human
body.And heart pumps about 2000 gallons of blood through these vessels
everyday.
9.Source of body odor---The source is sweat.A pair of feet have 50,000 sweat
glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day.
10.Sneeze speed--The air from a human sneeze can travel at speeds of 100
miles per hour.
KJD