65. Fact

Monday is the day of the week when the risk of heart attack is greatest.

66. Fact

Humans can make do longer without food than sleep.

67. Fact

A simple, moderately severe sunburn damages the blood vessels extensively.

68. Fact

Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.

69. Fact

A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it is been decapitated.

70. Fact

It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

71. Fact

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood the number is reduced to 206.

72. Fact

We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening.

73. Fact

The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.

74. Fact

The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone.

75. Fact

You use 200 muscles to take one step.

76. Fact

The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.

77. Fact

It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.

78. Fact

Bone is stronger than some steel.

79. Fact

The feet account for one quarter of all the human body's bones.

80. Fact

About 32 million bacteria call every inch of your skin home.

81. Fact

Humans shed and regrow outer skin cells about every 27 days.

82. Fact

Three hundred million cells die in the human body every minute.

83. Fact

Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.

84. Fact

Every day an adult body produces 300 billion new cells.

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