* Avoid mosquitoes by not wearing blue. Turns out, that mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color. * Here’s another reason to make sure you’re getting enough sleep. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching T.V. * Time to get out the duster and vacuum. [...]
In the Middle Ages the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow was called an ell. The muscle that lets your eye blink is the fastest muscle in your body. It allows you to blink 5 times a second. On average, you blink 15 000 times a day. Women blink twice [...]
A full bladder is roughly the size of a softball. It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach. One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb). Human thighbones are stronger than concrete. The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples. A woman’s heart beats faster [...]
The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot. Your heart beats 101,000 times a day. During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times and pump about 400 million litres (800 million pints) of blood. Your mouth produces 1 litre (1.8 pints) of saliva a [...]
Betty Ruble was not a Flinstone vitamin until 1996. A laugh a day keeps the doctor away! Studies have shown that laughter decreases depression which increases your overall health. The human liver is responsible for more than 500 functions. A yawn lasts approximately 6 seconds. There is no proven cure for hiccups. In one of [...]