15 Interesting Facts About Our Body That Will Make You Lost in a Sea of Surprises Once You Learn It

If you think you know yourself very well, you are wrong. You have no idea what’s going on in your body! We have compiled information that will surprise you when you learn about your body. 👇

1. Organs are not placed in the same places after the surgery. After the operation, our body moves the organs and places them in their correct places.

2. Papillae, which give the tongue a rough appearance, are located in every corner of our tongue. Each papilla has 3 to 5 taste buds.

Thanks to the papillae, you can enjoy your food while avoiding poison and pain. The papillae send information to your brain (for example, when it detects smoke).

3. A strand of hair can bear a weight of 100 grams. According to this calculation, 10 strands of hair can carry a weight of 1000 grams (1 kg). 😳

A healthy person’s hair consists of an average of 100 thousand hairs. It’s sure to give you a headache…

4. Our nostrils work in turn when we breathe. Even though we don’t realize it, one nostril always provides less airflow during breathing.

According to research, our nostrils alternately provide more air flow, on average, every 2 hours.

5. Your liver has the ability to regenerate itself after damage. Even if 90 percent of the liver is removed, it can grow back to its original state.

6. We know that we have five senses: Sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. However, there are many more senses in our body…

sense of balance

proprioception

Kinesthesia, giant’s sensation

sense of heat

Nociception, sensation of pain

Chronoception, sense of time

7. Our brain continues to grow throughout our lives. When a baby is first born, its brain is a quarter the size of an adult’s brain.

It doubles in size in the first year, and by age 3 it has grown to 80 percent of the size of the adult brain. At the age of 25, he completes his growth.

8. Children grow faster in spring. It has been observed that girls between the ages of 8–13 and boys between the ages of 10–15 grow faster in this season.

9. Human and banana DNA have 50 percent similarity! Researchers discovered that humans and plants share 18 percent of genes in common.

We share 60 percent DNA with fruit flies and chickens; 96 percent with chimpanzees! We are even similar to bananas: we share 50–60 percent of our genes in common.

10. Trying to swallow more than 2 times in a row makes it difficult for you, you have to wait.

11. The reason your mouth waters before vomiting is because it is filled with extra saliva. The reason for this is to protect your mouth from the acids in vomit.

12. The right side of our brain controls the left part of our body, and the left side of our brain controls the right part of our body.

13. Since we have no muscles in our fingers, they are supported by the muscles in our hands and forearms.

14. Our elbows don’t hurt no matter how hard we pinch them.

15. The stress hormone cortisol is removed from our body with tears and sweat.