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Afreen
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Posted 25-06-2009Reply

Without Sleep:-

The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.



Most destructive disease:-

The most destructive disease is malaria. More than 1.5 million people die from malaria every year.



Bacteria per square inch:-

The skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearms, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch on them.



Spiders fear:-

On average people fear spiders more than they do death.



Human heart:-

The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet.



To heat one cup of coffee:-

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.



Albert Einstein's brain:-

After the death of Albert Einstein his brain was removed by a pathologist and put in a jar for future study.



Tongue:-

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.



Lick your elbow:-.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.



Human Bones:-

About half of the bones in the human body are located in the hands and feet?



Human heart:-

An average human heart beats about 70 times a minute, and each time it beats, it pumps about about a cupful of blood?



Without water:-

A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.

If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty.

If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.



Brain's weight:-

The brain of an average adult male weighs 1,375 gm (55 oz). The brain of Russian novelist Turgenev weighed 2021 gm (81 oz), Bismark's weighed 1807 gm (72 oz), while that of French statesman Gambetta was only 1294 gm (51 oz). Einstein's brain was of average size.



Human walk:-

The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.



You blink:-

You blink over 10,000,000 times a year!



While sleeping:-

While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth.



Left handed:-

About 10% of the world's population is left-handed.



Number of bones:-

You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you become an adult, you only have 206.



Allergic to milk:-

More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.



Women blink:-

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.



Psumitha
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  Rated 0 | Posted 27-06-2009

Hi Afreen,

Very informative post.........

Keep posting.....

Regards,
Sumitha Reddy

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