Amazing Facts about the Human Body

We love facts here at On Your Doorstep, so each month we’ll be listing both the essential and most interesting tidbits about a subject we’re interested in, this month we look at the human body…

• The strongest muscle in the human body is in the jaw.

• Just taking one step can use up to 200 of your muscles.

• There are 37 trillion cells in your body.

• You are taller in morning than you are in the evening due to fluid in your spinal discs being compressed throughout the day

• You spend 10 per cent of the day blinking.

• The human heart beats more than 3 billion times in an average lifespan.

• The human brain can read up to 1,000 words per minute.

• Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.

• A human baby has over 60 more bones than an adult.

• During a lifetime, an average person will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.