10 Incredible Biology Facts that Will Surprise You

1. Tickling

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Your body reacts with panic when tickled, as it’s your brains way of telling you there is a bug crawling on you. So that laugh is fear!

2. Our Bones

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You probably would believe adults have more bones than a baby, don’t you? When in fact babies have more bones than an adult.

3. Breathing

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Have you ever tried to breathe and swallow at the same time? You can’t.

4. The Human Brain

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The human brain only makes up 2% of a person’s body weight, but needs 20% of the body’s oxygen and 15% of the heart’s work.

5. NASA Hubble Space Telescope

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The human brain produces as much data in 30 seconds as the NASA Hubble Space telescope has produced in its entire lifetime.

6. Thighs

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Have you got solid thighs? You’re damn right you do, as human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.

7. Shivering

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When you shiver in the cold, your body releases the exercise hormone irisin, which encourages your body to turn fat into heat.

8. Skin Organisms

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There are more organisms living on the skin of one human than there are humans living on planet Earth.

9. Bacteria

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The average human gut contains 100 trillion bacteria, which make up 1-3% of your body mass.

10. 1 Million Songs

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Your brain could fit in approximately 1 million songs, as the storage capacity of a human brain exceeds 4 terabytes.

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