A professor =
asked his class, “If you laid all the blood vessels in your body =
end to end, how long would it be?” He was looking for =
obvious answers of either 62,000 miles or 2.5 times around the =
planet.
A savvy =
student answered, “I don’t care. I would be dead.” =
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This humor got =
me thinking. Here are some odd facts about each of =
“us”. Wow your friends with this useless =
knowledge.
1. By 2 years =
of age, a baby has crawled about 93 miles.
2. The length =
of time we all were a single-celled being (fertilized ovum) is about 30 =
minutes.
3. Humans have =
46 chromosomes in a cell. Peas have 14. Crayfish have =
200.
4. Your big =
toes carry about 40% of your weight.
5. It takes =
only 1 minute for a single red blood cell to circumnavigate your entire =
body.
6. A baby =
blinks about 2 times a minute. An adult blinks about 10-12 times a =
minute.
7. In your =
brain, there are 86,000,000,000 nerve cells.
8. It takes =
about 10 years for your skeleton to completely renew =
itself.
9. While 10% =
of men are left-handed, less than 8% of women are =
left-handed.
10. Average =
speed of a cough is 60 mph, but a sneeze exceeds 100 mph. Cover =
your nose.
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Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"