AMAZING FACTS ABOUT YOUR BODY

When you blush, your stomach’s lining blushes too.

Okay you will never un-see this fact from now on, seeing somebody blush and imagining their stomach doing the same. These people have their stomach lining turn red due to the chemicals that get produced in the body and cheeks capillaries are connected to the stomach.

Amphetamine addiction mimics those feeling of falling in love.

Amphetamine, an addictive and mood altering drug may also have the same effect that falling in love does. When in love, the brain releases the same mixture of neurotransmitters and hormones which lead to increased heart rate, loss of sleep and appetite, and excitement. Amphetamine though is addictive and may only be used with prescription.

Every 13 seconds, you produce more cells than the population of the US.

Every second, the body produces a total of 25 million new cells. For 13 seconds, your cells may outnumber the United States population.

You can see the UV light.

But your eye lens filters it. Those who have their lens removed may detect UV lights.

Your belly button is an ecosystem.

This sounds gross but you have to listen to it. Your belly button contains thousand of bacteria that form an ecosystem which is equivalent to the size of a rainforest. And you may be in awe at how much and how diverse these bacteria are after reading this National Geographic’s feature on the topic, What Lives in Your Belly Button? Study Finds “Rain Forest” of Species.

The average human produces 365 litres of saliva in one year.

Saliva production is constant, although it’s a bit icky to think of, saliva is an important part of the body and your digestive system.

Crying alleviates stress.

That’s why when pent up feelings are finally let go, crying seemed to be the best idea to accompany it. Crying lets human decrease feelings of anger as well as sadness.