Biology Facts & Trivia - Page 7The largest eggs in the world are laid by a shark. The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant. Sciensational.com A starfish can turn its stomach inside out. Hummingbirds can't walk. Sciensational.com Moths have no stomach. On an average, most people blink about 15,000 times in a 16-hour day (awake.) Sciensational.com The human head is a quarter of our total length at birth, but only an eighth of our total length by the time we reach adulthood. The human body has enough fat to produce 7 bars of soap. Sciensational.com There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth. If your mouth was completely dry, you would not be able to distinguish the taste of anything. Sciensational.com |
The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body. 15 million blood cells are produced and destroyed in the human body every second. Sciensational.com In your lifetime, you'll shed over 40 pounds of skin. As an adult, you have more than 20 square feet of skin on your body--about the same square footage as a blanket for a queen-sized bed. Everyone's tongue print is different. The human brain is 80% water. Only humans sleep on their backs. There are more beetles than any other kind of creature in the world. Armadillos can walk underwater. Hummingbirds are the only animals able to fly backwards. |