Astounding Facts About The Human Body, Space and Earth That You Have Not Heard About

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Astounding Facts About The Human Body, Space and Earth That You Have Not Heard About

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Have you heard? I am not sure you have heard about these astounding facts about the human body, space, and Earth, which you can use to make a positive impression on someone around you.

These are knowledge about history, culture, and worlds of science, which you can use to entertain your friends and families and simultaneously gain new knowledge about them.

When you look at space, you find out that there is much more hidden knowledge than is known about it, and the same applies to Earth, not to talk more about the human body, how it works and how most of our daily activities either benefit or harm our body.

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You can increase your knowledge about the things around you while entertaining yourself.

Astounding Facts about the Human Body

Here are the mind-blowing facts about the human body below.

Did you know?

The human brain can live up to 3 to 6 minutes after the oxygen supply is cut off.
You may stop growing in size, but your ear never stops
The only muscle that never gets tired is the heart
There are tumours called Teratomas, capable of developing teeth and hair in the human body.
Humans do glow in the dark, but it is too weak for the human eye to detect
The Human body has about 2.5 million sweat pores
You shed about 30,000 dead skin cells every minute
Your eyes blink about ten million times in a year, which is approximately 20 times in a minute
When your body undergoes severe starvation, there is a risk that your brain will begin consuming itself.
1/4 of the total bones in your body are found in your feet
You are 1cm taller in the morning when you wake up than when you go to bed. This is because the soft cartilage between the bones compresses during the day.
You can never be able to breathe and swallow at the same time; try as hard as you can, but it won’t work.
The acid generated in the stomach can dissolve a metal, implying it can also burn your skin.
The Human Lung is the body part that can never be germ-free or sterile, even in optimal health.
Coughing and sneezing are the body’s natural way of removing foreign substances.
A bond exists between your brain and the digestive system, implying that any disorder or harm to the brain may affect the digestive system.
The longest nerve in the body is the sciatic nerve, which runs from the spinal cord to the toes.
The smallest bone in the human body is the “stapes” in the ear.
The human body contains more than 600 muscles, and the largest (Gluteus Maximus) is found in the hip
The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.
The gut is the only organ in the body that has an independent nervous system.

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Astounding Facts About the Space

These astounding facts include the following:

The solar system is 4.57 billion years old
Do you know? Sunsets on Mars are blue
Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in the solar system that does not have a moon
The Hottest planet in the solar system (Venus) is not the closest planet to the sun
The highest mountain in the space is the Olympus Mons, it is about 22 to 25 km high and is located in Mars.
Footprints left on the Moon do not disappear because there is no wind in the Moon
79 moons orbit Jupiter, and some of the most known moons among them are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
The Earth is the only planet that is not named after a god
The Ocean Tides are caused by the sun and the Moon’s gravitational pull on them.
Venus is the planet that has the highest number of volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system.
There are four planets in our solar system, known as the Gas giants: Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Neptune.
Triton is the largest Moon of the Planet Neptune and orbits in a reverse direction
The total number of stars in space is greater than the number of grains of sand in the World
Pluto’s largest Moon is 1/2 the total size of Pluto, and the Moon is called Charon
The International Space Station (ISS) is the third brightest object in the Night sky and the largest manned object ever sent to space.
Laika was the name of the first living mammal to go into space; it is a dog.
Five dwarf planets are recognized in the solar system, namely Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, Eris, and Pluto.

Astounding Facts About the Earth

Here are some facts about the Earth that will blow your mind:

The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, and it surprisingly has a boundary with the biggest body of water (the Pacific Ocean)
Death Valley, California, is the World’s hottest spot
The Coral Reefs are the largest living structure on Earth
The Marina Trench has the record as the deepest point on the Ocean floor, with about 36,200 feet (11,033 meters) below sea level
The World’s smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat; it weighs only 0.071 ounces (2 grams) and is only about 1 inch (29-33 millimetres) long
Sudan is the country that has the highest number of pyramids in the World
The World’s largest country without a permanent river is Saudi Arabia
Sweden is the country that has an estimated 267,570 islands in its territory, thereby making it the country with the highest number of islands in the World.
Russia has the most rivers; an estimated 100,000 flow through its territory.
Nepal is the home of 8 of the World’s highest mountains, including Mount Everest.
Australia has the highest deposit of mineral resources in the World.

You can find the most astounding facts about Earth, space and the human body, which you can use to increase your knowledge about history and the present. Knowing these mind-blowing facts can be another way to have some fun.

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