| n one day, a human sheds 10 billion skin flakes. This amounts to approximately two kilograms in a year. |
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| Every square inch of the human body has about 19,000,000 skin cells. |
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| Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid. |
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| Forty-one percent of women apply body and hand moisturizer at least three times a day. |
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| Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced. |
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| The world record for the number of body piercing on one individual is 702, which is held by Canadian Brent Moffat. |
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| The small intestine in the human body is about 2 inches around, and 22 feet long. |
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| The human body makes anywhere from 1 to 3 pints of saliva every 24 hours. |
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| The human body has approximately 37,000 miles of capillaries. |
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| The aorta, which is largest artery located in the body, is about the diameter of a garden hose. |
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| The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily. |
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| It is very common for babies in New Zealand to sleep on sheepskins. This is to help them gain weight faster, and retain their body heat. |
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| An average women has 17 square feet of skin. When a women is in her ninth month of pregnancy she has 18.5 square feet of skin. |
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| The width of your armspan stretched out is the length of your whole body. |
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| 41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day. |
