10 Unbelievable Things The Human Body Does In A Span Of Just One Year

The human body is one the greatest works of art that exist in this world. That said, it is also true that no other mechanism works as perfectly and in as much harmony as the human body does. The things that our bodies are capable of are more than astonishing.

Just in one year, the amount of things that the human body does and the changes that it goes through makes the mars mission look like child’s play.

Every year,

1. Human body produces about 400 litres of saliva

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Drowning the country, anyone?

 

2. 18-25 trillion body cells will die by apoptosis(programmed cell death)

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3. The body throws out 511 litres of urine

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4. Your heart beats about 35 million times

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5. Your hair grows about 15 cms

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6. Fingernails grow about 3-4 cms

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7. Your body sheds about 3.6kg of skin

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8. Blood travels almost 7 million kilometres through your body

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9. A male body produces about 47,304 million sperms, roughly speaking

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Enough to populate the world about 6 times!

 

10. A human body replaces the inner lining of its stomach about 112 times

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Because you know, HCl, the acid that helps dissolve food in the stomach, can dissolve even steel.

 

“The human body is a magazine of inventions” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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