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  • Sixteen superpowers, you didn't know you had

  • Superpowers? isn't it something that only superheroes are supposed to have?

  • Typically it is but a human being is one of the greatest wonders. Our bodies are being constantly analyzed and studied and

  • scientists keep making incredible findings almost every day

  • Did you know that Monday is the most dangerous day for your body? How much information can you remember during your life?

  • We collected 16 interesting facts about the human body only a few people know about. Remember to hit the like button

  • Number 16, the brain's memory storage capacity equals 1 petabyte or 1000 terabytes

  • The human brain is a perfect mechanism as we all know but you can't even imagine to what extent

  • Texas University scientists discovered that one synapse the space between your onal cells has the storage capacity of 4.7 bits

  • knowing the whole number of synapses it turns out that the brains memory storage equals 1 petabyte

  • And it is 10 times more than previously thought. If this volume of memory is present as a graphical file,

  • it's printed version would be 7.9 inches wide and about 253 billion feet long and it is

  • 1924 lengths of the earth's equator

  • Number 15 no exercise guarantees abs

  • Yes, as disappointing as that is, there are numerous cases of people performing exercises for stomach muscles

  • but they do not get the desired abs

  • What kind of mystery is this? In fact the visibility of the ABS muscles also depends on body fat percentage

  • the numbers are different for men and women

  • the definition is visible with 3-6% of fat for men and 8-12% for women

  • Number fourteen human bones are several times harder than concrete

  • Do you know what the strongest bone in your body is? It is the femur. It goes from the hip to the knee

  • and can withstand up to 1800-2500 pounds of force.

  • Our bones are made up of composite material, they are hard and elastic at the same time

  • Bones consist of calcium hydroxyapatite about 60% and collagen so their structure is fracture resistible

  • Sounds cool, but why so many broken bones then?

  • Number 13 you need to put out 7700 calories to burn 2.2 pounds

  • When we are actively slimming, excess fat cells into carbon dioxide into water

  • Which is accompanied by the release of energy to get rid of 2.2 pounds of fat you need to burn through 7700 calories

  • that's equivalent to 10 hours of continuous running, 16 hours of swimming or a 24-hour Dance Marathon

  • Number 12 the total area of your lungs equals to the total area of a tennis court

  • The structure of this double body part contains air cells. They are bubble formations that take part in the gaseous exchange

  • If the total area of all lung air cells were summed up

  • you would get the area of a tennis court and all this fits inside our body

  • Marvelous!

  • Number 11 hiccups can last for years

  • Oh, this one is quite shocking. Can you imagine how it feels to hiccup for years?

  • Well the American Charles Osborne actually can. He has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records for

  • continuously hiccupping for 68 years, from 1922 to 1990

  • His hiccupping just stopped one day for no reason. Paying no attention to this troublesome situation Charles lived a full life

  • Had a family and died at the age of 96

  • By the way according to the statistic men are more subjected to this trouble than women. How do you like this news?

  • Have you ever had a fit of hiccups you couldn't get rid of? Do you know any ways to stop this irritating process?

  • Share them in the comments and remember to give us a thumbs up

  • Number 10 people have more than five senses

  • Taste sight smell touch and hearing are by far not the only senses we have

  • Scientists count from 9 to 20 senses by various estimates. Oh my what a surprise

  • These are the sense of time, though some people seem to be born with the lack of it, thermoception, the sense of warmth

  • equilibrioception, the sense of balance without which we wouldn't even be able to stand straight and

  • proprioception understanding the position of one's own parts of the body

  • That's why we are never mistaken when touching our nose. Well unless something has gone wrong

  • we just know where it is, even if we see nothing. There is also no susceptance our ability to feel pain

  • The receptors can be found in our skin and bones and joints and in body organs

  • Hunger has the right to be included in our system of senses after all and helps us to understand when it's time to eat

  • Number 9 the eye cornea is the only part that has no blood vessels

  • Due to having no blood vessels the cornea remains transparent

  • This is good because their presence would be a barrier to eyesight

  • This tissue is nourished thanks to the diffusion of elements from the surrounding body structures

  • Number 8 most kids are born with blue eyes

  • Most babies have blue eyes when they are born

  • But if you have always been dreaming of a blue-eyed child

  • Don't get your hopes up the color tends to change over time

  • It is explained by melanin which is responsible for the eye colour. The more melanin the cornea has the darker the eyes are

  • Fair-skinned babies have too small and amount of this coloring

  • But the color changes during its production so in the end your child might enough with beautiful chocolate colored eyes

  • Number 7 the embryo can heal the mother

  • It has been noticed that 50% of women who have

  • Cardiomyopathy got well during their pregnancy without any healing. The explanation is in the stem cells of the baby

  • Which are capable of restoring the injured tissues of a woman. So the baby starts to care about their moms already in the womb!

  • Number 6 women blink twice as often as men

  • An average person blinks once in every four seconds

  • But it can even be more often when they are tired worried or surprised

  • However, it is believed that women blink twice as much as men do. It is considered that the difference is in the hormonal system

  • Women have a higher level of estrogen. Above all this hormone stimulates the production of natural lubricants

  • Moisturizing all the mucous membranes including the eye

  • Number 5 the eyes closed while sneezing so as not to let bacteria in

  • It is a well-known fact that it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

  • Many people think that they cannot open their eyes while sneezing because they will be blown out of the skull. The truth says otherwise

  • It turns out that it is difficult to sneeze with your eyes wide open, but it is still possible

  • Your eyes will stay in place

  • Nevertheless a sneezing person subconsciously closes their eyes to protect them from a possible bacterial invasion

  • Number 4 you are about 0.4 inches taller in the morning than in the evening

  • During the day while we are in a vertical position our invertebrate 'old discs become thinner and harder because of the weight pressure

  • When we sleep the discs return to their regular size and state

  • That is why you are a bit taller at the beginning of the day

  • So if you are going to play basketball do it in the morning

  • Number 3 human ears are capable of hearing molecules

  • Unbelievable! Well if you want to make sure the fact just close your eyes and ask somebody to pour some cold water into one glass

  • And some hot water into another. You certainly heard the difference between the sounds didn't you. In both cases ordinary water is used

  • The difference is in the speed of the molecules

  • Number 2 the chance of having a heart attack is higher on Monday than on any other weekday

  • It may sound bizarre but

  • Swedish scientific research shows that the risk of heart attack is higher on mondays and during the Christmas or New Year holidays

  • The lowest rates are on Saturdays and in the middle of summer July

  • Number 1 eyes can have more than one pupil

  • the issue is called polycoria. If someone has two or more pupils it is more often a fake effect only one hole in the

  • Cornea does the job of a pupil, all additional holes do not play any role for eyesight

  • There was a case with a woman from Massachusetts who had five pupils all in one eye

  • Anyway, that didn't bother her or cause any problems with vision

  • She just felt slight discomfort when she stayed outside on a bright sunny day

  • Polycoria is a very rare notion and some scientists even state the existence of several pupils is not true

  • So which fact did you find the most shocking?

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Sixteen superpowers, you didn't know you had

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