Thursday, September 06, 2007

Thursday Thirteen #35

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Thirteen Interesting Facts About Your Body

1. A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
2. It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
3. One human hair can support 3kg.
4. Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
5. The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.
6. Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
7. A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
8. If the average male never shaved, his beard would be 13 feet long when he died.
9. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
10. The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
11. It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
12. Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.
13. If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.
(Checked out the length of your thumb against your nose. Didn't ya?)
Yes you did, you know you did.... admit it

32 comments, add yours here:

Anonymous said...

You are right... thumb and nose match. :( do I have a small thumb or big nose ?

Anonymous said...

This was so interesting. And yes I do believe #7 !! It's because we are worrying all the time. :)

Lori said...

Ive heard alot of those before but its always good info:) Happy TT.

Anonymous said...

Awesome T13! And yes.... I checked.... *looks bashful* Curious tidbits.... I will have to share this with my wife.

Happy Thursday!

Empress Bee (of the high sea) said...

my word, i have to go wash my feet!

smiles, bee

Cynthia said...

I did not know that...my thumb is as long as my nose. Happy TT

Deb said...

Hmm, yes - they do match, interesting! Fun list! :)

Karen said...

#10. Yes. I can see that. I wish it wasn't so, but oh well!!! Thanks for the giggle!!
great TT!

Addicted to crafting said...

wow, interesting and funny!!!

Yup, i checked!!!! :-)

Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis) said...

Yes - I did check. Also, your foot is the same size as your forearm (wrist to elbow). And supposedly you are as tall as your arms held out wide (does that make sense?).

And #11 - that's why I don't work out. If I stop it'll just be worse. ;-)

K said...

Very interesting facts! I love reading about things liek that. And yeah, of course I had to make sure that my nose and thumb are the same length. :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog earlier. Your page is really cute btw

Neila said...

300 muscles?!!! No wonder I have no sense of balance! ;-P

And don't forget, your foot is the length of your arm from your elbow to your wrist. (I remember that one from Pretty Woman.)

Anonymous said...

Great list. I didn't know 1, 5 or 13.

Amazing Gracie said...

I love lists like this! And yep! I did check my nose against my thumb - not exact but pretty darned close. Your ears and your nose are the only things that keep growing...and I'm proof. Gag....

Kimo and Sabi said...

That wuz interesting info, but we don't gots thumbs.

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

I'm headed to my sports medicine doctor this morning; you know I'm going to check some of this out with him!

Neat stuff; have a great TT!

Mike Minzes said...

I did check out the length of my nose when I read it HA!

Great Post!

Linda said...

As a matter of fact, yes I did check out the length of my nose and thumb! I don't think it's right, though, my thumb seems a lot bigger! Do you have to stick your finger up your nose to make sure it's accurate??

Shelby said...

Fantastic post!!

Maggie Moo said...

Great list Tisha! I didn't check the length yet, but I did glance at my thumb and think, Man...I really DO have a big nose!

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K.M. Saint James said...

Okay, now I know why it hits my tummy so quick! That explains so much.

Lee Ann aka Dixie said...

Yup... I'll admit it.. I did check it out.. ;-)

Now about that foot thingy... exactly the very reason I DON'T TOUCH FEET!!!!! That's just ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Excellent TT...

SMOOCHES~

Sandee said...

Yes, I did check the thumb and nose. Yikes. Interesting facts here and most I didn't know. Have a great TT. :)

Schmoop said...

Facts I didnt really to know, but interesting nonetheless!! Thanks for stopping by even during my last days' few funk Tish. Cheers!!

Mo and The Purries said...

no, but I did glance down at my thumb!

why don't they fill potholes with human thighbones???

Not So Anonymous Michelle said...

Love your lists!! This is a great one! I'm sure I can put some spin on the 7 seconds for food to reach stomach and relate that to my having a weight problem, I'll think on that awhile.

Akelamalu said...

Interesting list!

Janet said...

of course I did ;-)

Thea @ It's Me Vs. Me said...

You're right, I did.

And that feet one is gross.

katherine. said...

now I was thinking...that it is the attachment of fat to skin is what causes dimples....laughing...

Tawnya Shields said...

Those all were interesting. Amazing creatures we are. :o)

Clickin Mama J said...

Very interesting info there. Happy TT!