Human Body Facts

The human body is a machine that is full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were.

50,000 of the cells in your body will die and be replaced with new cells, all while you have been reading this sentence! pretty cool

Your body requires 1000-1500 calories per day just to simply survive (breathing, sleeping, eating).

The brain itself cannot feel pain. While the brain might be the pain center when you cut your finger or burn yourself, the brain itself does not have pain receptors and cannot feel pain.

The average human body contains enough: Sulphur to kill all fleas on an average dog, Carbon to make 900 pencils, Potassium to fire a toy cannon, Fat to make 7 bars of soap, Phosphorus to make 2,200 match heads, and enough Water to fill a ten gallon tank

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

The average human produces a quart of saliva a day or 10,000 gallons in a lifetime.

Every day an adult body produces 300 billion new cells.

In one hour, your heart works hard enough to produce the equivalent energy to raise almost 1 ton of weight 1      yard off the ground.

Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.

The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest it the male sperm.

You use 200 muscles to take one step.

You use an average of 43 muscles for a frown.
   You use an average of 17 muscles for a smile.

The average human's heart will beat 3000 million times in their lifetime.
The average human will pump 48 million gallons of blood in their lifetime.

In 1 square inch of skin there lies 4 yards of nerve fibers, 1300 nerve cells, 100 sweat glands, 3 million cells, and 3 yards of blood vessels.

There are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.

Muscle cells live as long as you do while skin cells live less than 24 hours.

A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.

A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.

You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.

Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light a 10-watt light bulb.

There are 5 million hair follicles on an average adult.

The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.

The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.

Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.

It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.

Your brain is more active during the night than the day.

One human hair can support 3kg.

Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

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

An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.

The white part of your fingernail is called the Lunula.

There is enough iron in a human being to make one small nail.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

A shank is the part of the sole between the heel and the ball of the foot.

The talus is the second largest bone in the foot.

The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.

The world`s first test-tube twins were born in June 1981.

A 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his foot in 1977.

Neurons continue to grow throughout human life.

Your thumb is approximately the same size as your nose.

A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

In a year, a person`s heart beats 40,000,000 times.

Dogs and Humans are the only animals with prostates.

It only takes 7lbs of of pressure to rip off your ears.

There are nine muscles in your ear.

Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.

The navel divides the body of a newborn baby into two equal parts.

If the average male never shaved, his beard would be 13 feet long when he died.

Experts say the human body has 60,000 miles of blood vessels. Verified Human Anatomy and Physiology", Third Edition, by Elaine N. Marieb.  copyright date is 1995. p. 643 Thxs, monkee191

If they were laid end to end, the blood vessels in your body would wrap around the equator 2 1/2  times.

The tongue is the only muscle attached at one end.

Fetuses can hiccup.

Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour.

Your brain uses 40% of the oxygen that enters your bloodstream.

Scientists have counted over 500 different liver functions.

Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.

The longest recorded bout of hiccups lasted for 65 years.

The longest recorded sneezing fit lasted 978 days. 

Your stomach has 35 million digestive glands.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.

There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.

There are no two tongue prints that are alike.

Your body contains about four ounces of salt.

Injured fingernails grow faster than uninjured ones.

Women blink twice as much as men.

Most people blink about 25 times a minute.

It is impossible for the average person to sneeze with their eyes open. Closing your eyes during a sneeze is a reflex action.  

The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.

When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.

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

The three things pregnant women dream most of during their first trimester are 1) frogs 2) worms 3) potted plants.

Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.

Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people.

The largest internal organ is the small intestine. Despite being called the smaller of the two intestines, your small intestine is actually four times as long as the average adult is tall.

Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body.

Bone is stronger, inch for inch, than the steel in skyscrapers.

About one third of the human race has 20-20 vision.

In a hot climate, you can sweat as much as 3 gallons of water a day.

Fingernails are made from the same substance as a bird's beak.

A runner consumes about 7 quarts of oxygen while running a 100-yard dash.

Among the first known "dentists" of the world were the Etruscans. In 700 BC they carved false teeth from the teeth of various mammals and produced partial bridgework good enough to eat with.

The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.

Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born.

Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.

A pair of human feet contain 250,000 sweat glands.

Ophthalmic surgery was one of the most advanced areas of medicine in the ancient world. Detailed descriptions of delicate cataract surgery with sophisticated needle syringes is contained in the medical writings of Celsus (A.D. 14-37)

Living brain cells are bright pink.

You're ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.

Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.

If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

Your body contains the same amount of iron as an iron nail.

The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.

The ashes of a cremated person average about 9 pounds. A big part of what gives the human body weight is the water trapped in our cells.

Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.

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

Love Story #1

It all started when I was 6 years old.I was playing outside the house near the fence when I met him at the first time.We had wonderful time playing together like the other kids eventhough at first, we were more enjoying beating each other up. It was so immature but yet, it make us become more and more closer each day. Starting from that moment, we would see each other at the fence everyday and spending our time together.

I felt so comfortable enough that I told him everything. Even all my secrets! And like always, he rather be quite and just listen to all my stories patiently. I felt more comfortable having someone who I can really talk to. We went to the same school, but not the same friends. So everyday, we always have something to talk about. About school, friends and everything. Even about my crush! Then one day, I told him that I am very sad because a guy that I like broke my heart. He immediately calm me down, and said that everything will be fine. He helped me a lot that I finally forget about the guy and was happy spending more time with him. He was being such a good friend to me until I realize that there's more about him that I like.
 
I thought about it for the whole night. I do feel something about him but I just don't know what it is. So I just let the feeling away as I told myself that we are just a good friend. We always been together, that we've been in the same school until we graduated. I kept in mind that he's only my friend but somehow my feeling towards him grow and grow each day. I know that I cannot hold it any longer. So I decided to tell him about my feeling on the night of our graduation day. On that day, our university held a dinner for the graduates. Both of us went to the dinner with our own date. The event was great, I met a lot of friend there but all I can say that, my eyes can't stop from staring at him. All I want that night, is just to be him alone. I want to make the night ends perfectly as plan. So after the dinner, I went to his house to tell him about my feeling. We were sitting outside watching the stars silently.Then we start to talk about our future plans. 

That night, he looked into my eyes and told me a lot about his dreams. How he want to settle down, getting married, having kids and to be rich and successful person. I really admire him. The feeling I have towards him become much more stronger but at the end, I wasted the chance to tell him about my feeling.

Eventhough I cannot hold any longer the feeling I have for him, I still don't have courage to face him and tell him directly. I just can't imagine what will happen after I tell him. Is he going to accept me? What will be his reaction? And the worst is, what will I do if he rejects me? How can I face him after that? Can we still be friend like before? All this question make me become more scared. I tell myself that someday, I will have a chance to tell him how much I want to be with him, that all I want to do is to love and to take care of him until the end of our lifes. I wanted to tell him how I feel so complete whenever I am with him.
 After a few months, he got a job offer at the city. I was happy for him for the offer but I am sad because he will leave me soon. The night he left, I hugged him tightly as if it was our last time together. I feel so sad as I cry on his shoulder but still, I couldn't tell him that I love him and to just stay with me forever.So there he goes, off to the city chasing for his dream while I decided to wait for him.

That night, after i reached my home, I cried my eyes out. I felt like a part of me have left with him. As the day passes by, I go through the days slowly without him, let myself busy so that I won't think of him that much. I can see him in each place we've been together, and everything seems to remind me of him. It was hard to face all the days without him. This time I know that my feelings towards him is real. I know that he's the right guy. But nevertheless, I never heard any news from him. I thought that he was busy building his career and so I wait for him to come back one day. Until...

One fine day, I received a letter. It was from him! My heart crush as I open the letter and to find out that it was actually a wedding invitation. I cannot describe my feeling at that time. To see the name of someone that I love so much on the card, marrying a girl who is not me! Eventhough it's hard, I know that now I can stop hoping for him. That we will stay as friends like before. I have to face the truth that we are never meant to be together. I should be happy for him. Atleast I know that someone will love and take care of him. But it's not me!


And so the day finally come. Eventhough it hurts so bad, I still went to his wedding. It's the happiest day of his life but it was not for me. How I wish I am the bride. I saw him with his bride, far away from my table. But the feeling is still the same. I still falling in love with him! I was trying so hard to gather myself together again while watching the love of my life marrying someone else. So I think, that's it! I can never have him again. After the ceremony finished, I leave the place in a hurry. I only realized that I was followed by him when he stops me, and he said that how much he appreciate that I came to the wedding and how happy is him just by seeing me.
After I reach my home, I decided to move on. I need to move on. I need to realize that there is no more hope for our relationship. He is not more than just a friend to me. We keep in touch by sending emails everyday. He did tell me how much he miss me, and our childhood memories. But he never mention about his marriage life to me.
One day, I stopped receive emails from him. He suddenly disappeared. I even wrote to him several times, but still no replies.

I  get worried about him but i have no idea how to find him. Until one day, I get a note right in front of my door, it says;

"meet me at the fence where we used to talk about things". 

I went out of the house quickly and I saw him standing by the fence. My heart was beating very fast. I feel like I'm the most happiest person in the world. I ran quickly to him and he hugged me so tight by his arm. I found out that he actually felt very sad and he was broken-hearted at that time. He told me about his divorce, how he felt so miserable about it. He even cried that night. We then continue talking, laughing, and enjoying our time together. I can see that I still have some hope for him, for our future together. I tried to cheer him up as much as I can. To be with him whenever he needed me.

went and saw him there. I was happy to see him, but he was broken-hearted and sad inside. We hugged until we couldn't breathe anymore. Then he told me about the divorce and why he hadn't written for a long time. He cried until he couldn't cry anymore. Finally, we went back to the house and talked and laughed about what I had been going and to catch up on old times. But in all of this, I couldn't tell him how I felt about him. In the days that followed, he had fun and forgot about all his problem and his divorce. I fell in love again with him. When it came time for him to leave back to New York, I went to see him off and cried. I hated to see him leave. He promised to see me every time he could get a vacation. 

I couldn't wait for him to come so I could be with him. We would always have fun when we were together. One day he didn't show up like he said he would. I figured that he might have been busy. The days turned into months and I just forgot about it. Then I got a call one day from a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur. The lawyer said that he had died in a car accident going to the airport. And that it took this long till everything was settled. It broke my heart. I was shocked about what took place. Now I knew why he didn't come that day. Again, I was broken-hearted. I cried that night, cried tears of sadness and heartache. Asking questions why did this happen to a kind guy like him? I gathered my things and went to Kuala Lumpur for the reading of his will.
Of course, things were given to his family and his ex-wife. I finally got to meet her since the last time we met at the wedding. She explained to me how he was and how he always provided. But he was always unhappy. She would always try everything but she couldn't get him happy, as he was that night at their wedding. When the will was read, the one thing that was given to me was a diary. It was a dairy that of his life. 

I cried as it was given to me... As I flew on the plane I remembered the good times that we had together. I started reading the diary and what was written. The diary was started with the day we first met. I read on till I started to cry. The diary told of him saying that he had fallen in love with me that day I was broken-hearted. But he was too afraid to tell me what he had felt. That is why he was so quiet and liked to listen to me. It told of how he wanted to tell me so many times, but was too afraid to say anything. It told of when he went to Kuala Lumpur and fell in love with another. How the happiest time he had was seeing me and dancing with me at the wedding. He said he imagined it was our wedding. How he was always unhappy till he had no choice but to divorce his wife. How the best time in his life was to read the letters written to him by me. Finally, the diary ended when it said, "today I will tell her I love her". It was the day he was killed. The day I was going to finally find out what was really in his heart.

If you love someone, don't wait till tomorrow to tell him/her. Maybe that next day will never come at all

35 ways to create lasting friendships

To create and enjoy lasting friendships takes effort 
and skill. Some people make friends easily, but for many of us making and keeping friends isn’t always easy. Here is a list of  35 ways of creating and cultivating lasting friendships

• Know yourself. In order to make friends, we need to know who we are. You may want to check out this article and work out what is special about you. If you are not clear on what your life purpose is, these questions will help you..

• Check whether you really want to have friends. If you’re secretly afraid of people, or don’t trust other, you will find it difficult to make friends.
• Spend time around people. You can’t find friends in the cupboard.

• Be kind. Look at what you can do for other to make their life easier.

• Be steady and dependable. Be a friend one can count on.

• .Be genuine. Don’t try and be someone you’re not. Friendship is built on honesty.

• .Join groups and pursue activities that you enjoy. You are more likely to find friends who have common interests.

• .When travelling, talk to everyone you meet. I’ve made wonderful friendships following it.,

• Become a volunteer. You’ll find people who have a similar set of values which is a great basis for a friendship.

• .Talk to people. You’ll spend a lot of time in groups without making friends if you don’t talk with people.

• Make eye contact and smile when you communicate people..

• Be positive. If you only talk negatively about yourself, others, or life in general, people will not enjoy your company..

• Remember names. If you find that difficult, ask the person again until you’ve really got it.

• Initiate a get-together. If you meet someone you like, ask them out for a coffee or arrange another meeting. An easy way to do that is to say something like: A good way to extend yourself is to say: “Well, I’ve got to go, but if you ever want to talk over lunch or coffee or anything like that, let me give you my number/e-mail address.”

• Find common interests. Ask how he or she pursues their interest. Are they a member of a club or society? Express an interest in joining.

• Tell your friend that you enjoy their company. Many friendships are lost because neither person finds the courage to express their interest.

• Beware of sexual flings with friend. Many friedships don’t survive it

• Be glad for your friends successes. Be the only person they can tell how well they’re doing.

• Don’t compromise your values. Keep you standards of morality and behaviour and don’t change them just to fit in with friend or a group.

• Don’t gossip. If a new friend hears you revealing personal stories of othere, he or she will be wary of your discretion.

• Ask the other person open-ended questions about their life. Openended questions are ones that can’t be answered  by saying ‘yes’, or ‘no’.

• Share more deeply with a friend. Let them know what your life feels like. This is key difference between a friend and an aquaintance.

• Keep the sharing equal. Don’t hog the time with your problems.

• Have even roles in the relationship. If you notice that you are always the listener and she the star

• Switch roles regularly in your friendships. If there is one who always calls the shots, the friendship won’t last.

• Listen to your friend. Listening is the number one glue of friendships.

• Keep confidences. Nothing kills a budding friendship faster than spilled secrets.

• Allow your friend to help you. Give and take has to be balanced in a friendship. 

• Share the bad times. Help your friend when things go bad. Allow your friends to help you when times are difficult.

• Keep contact. Check in regularly with your friend. A short text message, email or phone call keeps a friendship alive

• Don’t crowd your friend. Make sure you don’t overwhelm – or even stalk – him or her.

Photo by Jaci Berkopecr

• Share bonding activities. Have some adventures together and play together. To foster longlasting friendships, create common memories.

• Keep talking through difficult times. Don’t let disagreements fester

• If there is a rift, apologize for the hurt you caused. It’s more important to keep your friendship going than to be ‘right’.

• If a friendship is damaging your life or your family relationships, you may need to let it go.

• This can be a difficult decision. Weigh up how important this friendship is for you against the disturbance it brings into your life.

You’ll notice that I haven’t mentioned online friends. That’s because this is still an area that I’m exploring. I’ve made some lovely friends on the Internet in the last few months, but I don’t know how such friendships progress and deepen long-term. What experiences do you have of online friendships? Please let me know in the comments.

I am sure there are points I’ve missed. Maybe you can think of some?

Problem or Solution? You choose..

Assalammualaikum..

Here are two different stories with the same lesson learn:

Story 1:

When NASA began launching astronauts into space, they found out that the pens they tool would not work in zero gravity because ink wouldn’t flow down to the writing surface. It took them one decade and $12 million to solve this problem. They developed a pen that worked in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

What did the Russians do?
They used a pencil.

Story 2:

One of Japan ‘s biggest cosmetics companies received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty.  Immediately management isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department.  They found that one soap box had gone through the assembly line completely empty. Management looked to its engineers to solve the problem from happening again. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch to make sure all the soap boxes that passed through the line were full. They worked hard and they worked fast but they spent an extensive amount of time and money to find a solution.

But when an employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came out with another solution.  He bought a strong industrial fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Nampak tak persamaan yang cuba disampaikan disini? We need to focus on the solution..be part of the solution not the problem!!

Kebenarannya, kita sebenarnya sangat dipengaruhi oleh apa yang kita percaya dan apa yang kita focuskan dalam kehidupan kita. Which means, jika kita terlalu focuskan kepada masalah kita, kita tend to attract more problem dalam diri kita. Perasan tak kenapa orang yang kita nampak macam takde masalah tu happy je muka dia..kadang2 kita pon jadi pelik..tertanya..'dia ni da la tak pernah ada masalah aku tengok, muka pon nak happyyy jek'..the truth is, if you think positive, all the positive way and solution will always be with you.

Negative thinking is extremely not a good way in solving a problem. It one of the way to make you even more stress by making you not loving in a present time or world. It creates boundaries between you and the real world by living in your own negative imaginary world. Negative thinking akan membuatkan anda focus kepada masalah anda dengan lebih mendalam..membuatkan anda tertanya..kenapa semua ni terjadi kepada aku?..kenapa aku??

Kita sepatutnya bersyukur dengan masalah kita (I will elaborate more on this on other entry on why we should be grateful for our problem).. Dengan berfikiran positif, anda akan focus kepada cara untuk menyelesaikan masalah tersebut..

Tapi bagaimana mahu berfikiran positif??

1. Mengaku yang anda ada masalah tersebut. Daripada kita bertanya, "Aku tak percaya semua ni berlaku kat aku"..kita sepatutnya, "Ok, this is really happening to me..like seriously happening!!" Just as simple as a drug addict want to stop..He/she need to admit first that she have the problem and need a solution. Hadapi masalah tersebut dengan tenang. We should realize that everybody has problem kan? 

2. Pusing pemikiran anda which is actually in english yang sedap sikit, turn your way of thinking. Jangan menafikan masalah anda..Instead of using, "I don't want all this"..start talking to yourself, "Ini masalah yang aku hadapi sekarang, so let's find a solution for by hook or by crook!!" (ayat bagi semangat sikit) and then.. "so sekarang apa plan aku or step aku untuk menyelesaikan masalah aku ni?"

3. Start looking for guidance or knowledge or skills. Or also a mentor pon boleh jugak. Me myself have a problem in dealing with my negative thinking. So first, I admit that I have this problem and I need a solution for it! Later, I found out that by looking for tips in the internet helps me become better in managing my own feelings and the way I'm thinking. I start to search a lot of stories, blogs etc. But at the end of the day, I believe that I have Allah.. Only Him can help me. So saya berserah kepadaNya sepenuhnya dan selalunya, Alhamdulillah, when I need Him, He always there for me. Tak pernah berputus asa memberi petunjuk. It's all up to you. Some of the people they tend to refer to their parents, bestfriends, boy/girlfriends..but at the end, it's the same..you're not living your life alone.

So that's it!! Start think positive now!! Live your life to the happiness!!

Till then,

-Puan Sawang-

Mental!

Salah satu perkara yang bagus bila kita berjalan kat negara orang ni, kita akan dapat belajar tentang mentaliti manusia yang berbeza2.. And somehow we will start to compare it with our people's mentality especially Malay!

I don't say that Malay have a short mentality..Melayu tu indah..Saya anak Melayu..and I'm proud to be one..I'm very proud when I go outside Malaysia, and people ask me what is my race and I'm proudly say I'm Malay!! and from my dearest country Malaysia!! Memang semangat habis cerita and tunjuk gamba2 budaya kita dan negara kita..

But somehow I feel sad..bile balik Malaysia..and some of the people start to have the "short mentality" and judgement..like:

1. Umur dah meningkat tapi still belum kahwin lagi.

Tidak semestinya jika seorang gadis tu belum berkahwin lagi walaupon usia dia da makin naik bermakna yang dia tidak laku kan? Mungkin dia sendiri yang tak nak kan? Atau maybe dia nak berjaya dalam career dia dulu?Yes, we can still earn it kalau dah kahwin. But can she get the same focus level if she already have a baby on her? No kannn?? So thanks to all those makcik2 yang kuat bergosip pasal anak orang lain tu,all this so-happy-being-single-before-meeting-her-soulmate girl/women ni menjadi stress and worst is, they end up just marry some guy yang ntah hape2 just to shut all those mouth..but the marriage goes unhappy, will those makcik2 nak tolong ke?

2. Kahwin muda tu gatal.
Ini lagi mengarut tapi that's the reality! Me myself jumpa dengan orang2 macam ni.. They think that if that couple kahwin awal, means diorang ni dah gatal sangat. Come on people..just now you said kahwin lambat tak laku..kahwin awal pon salah jugak? Why don't we just have a positive thinking of other people? I mean, baguslah dia nak kahwin awal..atleast boleh elak maksiat kan?And dah jodoh dia sampai dulu..just be happy for them boleh kan?

3. "Janji Melayu"
I think this is the worst part and shouldn't be implemented at all..It's not logic pon..Even saya sendiri selalu terkena dengan ayat ni bila ade someone (tak kisahla membe ke tak) sesukahati buat muka tak bersalah guna ayat ni padahal dia dah lambat. YOU are the one that late..then why you have to drag nama kaum sendiri..dah la memalukan pulak tu..haiyooo..lainlah baru je lepas dapat balak macam Edward Cullen ke and cakap "oh I melayu and I dapat Edward ok!you ade?" (ok xde kaitan)

The point of this entry is that, I'm trying to tell you guys that how many people that I've met takut nak teruskan next step diorang sebab terlalu fikirkan orang lain. Apa makcik dia akan kata? Apa jiran sebelah yang setahun 2 kali je jumpa akan kata? Too much thought from other people yang actually tak penting pon! But because of this mentality, they still stop! Kita ada adat, dan adat kita sangatlah indah..Melayu itu sendiri kaum yang tinggi sopan santunnya..tapi we don't have the short mentality just because of another penyakit dalam diri kita which is, penyakit "tak boleh tengok orang lain lagi senang dari kita".. Betul tak??

If you think that you are in the right path, then just go for it.. I remind you again, will those makcik2 or kawan2 yang mengata you guys tu akan tolong korang bila korang susah nanti?? tak kannnn??? It's all up to you..as long as you in the right way..you know what I mean right?

Till then,

-Puan Sawang-