We all have things that we fear and our fears are often ones that seem irrational to other people. When those fears reach the level where even the thought of the object of our fear causes intense anxiety then they become phobias. Many people have common and well-known phobias such as arachnophobia (a fear of …
Throughout your life, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
The white part of your tooth is harder than anything else in your body, even your hardest bone, made up of 96% mineral. In spite of this, though, it still decays when continually exposed to acids and sugars. Previous articleBlack and White Color Wheel.Next articleDangerous Desert Animals Quiz
In our last article, we talked about the smartest animal on the planet. It was a Border collie known as Chaser who understood more than 1,000 different words and concepts. While the intelligence of this Border collie is much higher than all other animals on the planet, it comes nowhere near humans. This intelligence …
When you wake up in the morning, you are about half an inch taller than you were the previous night. This is because while you slept, the body fluids between the discs in your spine were refilled. As you go through the day, the fluids run out again and the discs become compressed, plus …
The best tool that the humans ever used was their own hands. In our last post, we described how even advanced technology couldn’t beat the agility and dexterity of the human hand. Our article was about three astronauts who snagged an orbiting satellite with their hands after they couldn’t do it with the equipment …
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Indeed, each foot has up to 250,000 tiny sweat glands that are capable of creating up to a pint of sweat per day. It’s not the sweat that causes the smelly odor, though, but the bacteria that absorbs the sweat.
The liver is one of the largest organs in the body so it receives a lot of blood. The liver uses this blood supply to perform many functions, such as creating proteins that help with blood clotting and creating bile which helps in food absorption. The liver also removes toxins from the blood. …
Have you ever noticed that your nails are not growing at the same pace? It’s not just your imagination. Apparently, the smaller the finger is, the slower the nail grows so your little finger has the slowest growing nail and your middle finger has the fastest growing nail. Previous articleBaby Pandas Refuse Their …
The nail on your middle finger grows faster than the others. Read More »
Most cells in the human body are too tiny to be seen without a microscope but the female egg cell is visible to the naked eye, about the size of a period on a piece of paper. Interestingly, on the other side of the spectrum is the male sperm cell, which is the smallest …
The female egg cell is the largest cell in the human body. Read More »
In our last post, we described how your feet contain about 25 percent of all the bones in your body. We also explained why it’s so important for feet to be complex and elaborate. Having 26 bones in a region as small as the feet and ankles means that this part of your body …
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Broken bones can be a very painful and inconvenient experience. Not only does it hurt but you also get decommissioned or severely limited in terms of movement for a considerable of time. In children, however, broken bones heal much faster than they do in adults. As explained in our previous post, this is because …
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According to researchers at the University of North Carolina, the average thumbnail now grows 3.55 mm a month whereas it used to grow just 3 mm a month. They also said fingernails grow twice as fast as toenails now, a result of our protein-rich diet. Previous articleComplete source list: 10 Facts About Great …
Nails now grow faster than they did 70 years ago. Read More »
We most probably surprised you when we explained in our last post that baby teeth can begin to form as early as six weeks in the mother’s womb. The reason for that was because most people think that baby teeth form around the six month period as that is the time when they start …
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In our last article, we mentioned how Adolph Hitler, the worst dictator ever seen on the planet, had a sweet tooth like a baby. We explained how his love for sweet things was so great that he used to have a cake, called Fuhrer cake, before bed every night. Having a sweet tooth is …
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In our last article, we spoke about how you can get addicted to information. In fact, this isn’t something that is only limited to humans. Instead, it is something that can affect all primates because the experiment proving information addiction involved Rhesus monkeys. This isn’t surprising because humans are very similar to other primate …
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Once you reach your second year of age, your brain is already 80% its full size – this is the why the first two years are very important in cognitive development – but keeps developing until you’re in your 40s. That’s right. You might think you’re already mature by the time you’re in your …
Your brain keeps on developing until you’re in your 40s. Read More »
Most of your skin is 2 to 3 mm thick but the skin on your feet can be up to 4 mm thick, especially on your heels. This thickness prevents the veins and bones in your feet from getting damaged even when you walk more than 5,000 steps per day.
Be careful when plucking your eyebrows. Studies show that you might accidentally set off a nerve on your face – your face is full of them, after all – which in turn sends a message to your brain for you to sneeze. Previous articleUgly But Cute Animals QuizNext articleWhale Sharks Quiz
If you read our last article, you already know that you should favour your right ear to understand words and language better because your left ear is better attuned to music. We gave the reason for this too. The left side of your brain is connected to your right ear and is better capable …
