Trivia for Squiggle #11
Over the weekend I saw The Exorcism of Emily Rose (which was excellent) with a buddy of mine down in Orange County. I paid for my ticket with a double sawbuck and got two fins and a single back in change! After the flick we saw Dennis Rodman outside the theatre talking to some girl...not that we cared (no one else seemed to care either), but just thought I'd mention the celebrity as long as there was one. My previous celebrity sighting was Ron Jeremy across the street from the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Ok, enough of my babbling. Today's issue of Trivia for Squiggle contains human body/general people facts.
251. Three-hundred-million cells die in the human body every minute.
252. There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.
253. There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
254. The permanent teeth that erupt to replace their primary predecessors (baby teeth) are called succedaneous teeth.
255. The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill.
256. The tips of fingers and the soles of feet are covered by a thick, tough layer of skin called the stratum corneum.
257. The only bone in the human body not connected to another is the hyoid, a V-shaped bone located at the base of the tongue between the mandible and the voice box. Its function is to support the tongue and its muscles.
258. The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the position assumed in sitting cross-legged. Its name is a derivation of the adjective "sartorial," a reference to what was the traditional cross-legged position of tailors (or "sartors") at work.
259. The largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 square feet.*
260. The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart.
261. The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.
262. The body's largest internal organ is the small intestine at an average length of 20 feet.
263. The feet account for one quarter of all the human bodies bones.
264. The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.
265. The average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes.
266. The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
267. Most men have erections every hour to hour and a half during sleep.
268. On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.
269. It takes 17 muscles to smile --- 43 to frown.
270. Jaw muscles can provide about 200 pounds of force to bring the back teeth together for chewing.
271. Lab tests can detect traces of alcohol in urine six to 12 hours after a person has stopped drinking.
272. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
273. If you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception.)
274. If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
275. In the late 19th century, millions of human mummies were used as fuel for locomotives in Egypt where wood and coal was scarce, but mummies were plentiful.
*: Yet another innaccuracy...sorry!...I just may have to start looking for other trivia sources as the Column of Squiggle has already been established as being the largest human organ.
"Oh, dear God, it's growing bigger!"
251. Three-hundred-million cells die in the human body every minute.
252. There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.
253. There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
254. The permanent teeth that erupt to replace their primary predecessors (baby teeth) are called succedaneous teeth.
255. The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill.
256. The tips of fingers and the soles of feet are covered by a thick, tough layer of skin called the stratum corneum.
257. The only bone in the human body not connected to another is the hyoid, a V-shaped bone located at the base of the tongue between the mandible and the voice box. Its function is to support the tongue and its muscles.
258. The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the position assumed in sitting cross-legged. Its name is a derivation of the adjective "sartorial," a reference to what was the traditional cross-legged position of tailors (or "sartors") at work.
259. The largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 square feet.*
260. The left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart.
261. The human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.
262. The body's largest internal organ is the small intestine at an average length of 20 feet.
263. The feet account for one quarter of all the human bodies bones.
264. The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.
265. The average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes.
266. The ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
267. Most men have erections every hour to hour and a half during sleep.
268. On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000.
269. It takes 17 muscles to smile --- 43 to frown.
270. Jaw muscles can provide about 200 pounds of force to bring the back teeth together for chewing.
271. Lab tests can detect traces of alcohol in urine six to 12 hours after a person has stopped drinking.
272. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
273. If you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception.)
274. If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
275. In the late 19th century, millions of human mummies were used as fuel for locomotives in Egypt where wood and coal was scarce, but mummies were plentiful.
*: Yet another innaccuracy...sorry!...I just may have to start looking for other trivia sources as the Column of Squiggle has already been established as being the largest human organ.
"Oh, dear God, it's growing bigger!"
posted by Scott at 9:51 AM
2 Comments:
Yeah, way to plug the revolution!!!!!
*high five*
I commend your attention to detail!
~winks~
"265. The average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes."
Surely that can't be right!? Wow!
"268. On average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2000." - Man go hunt!
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