“If uncoiled, the DNA in all the cells in your body would stretch 10 billion miles, from here to Pluto and back.” Answer : DNA is like tiny coils of spaghetti, smaller that can be seen by the human eye, inside every cell in our body. These are the instructions for building the human body. There are approximately 10 trillion ... body, so when we put all the tiny DNA strands end to end they stretch really really far!...
The human body is estimated to have 60,000 miles of blood vessels. To put that in perspective, the distance around the earth is about 25,000 miles, making the distance your blood vessels could travel if laid end to end more than two times around the earth.
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles per hour. Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? It's due to the ... rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.
Each year, approximately four percent of toilets in Toronto homes are replaced. If all the replaced toilets were low-flush units for ten years, the city would save about 26 million litres of water each day. This would also eliminate about $60 million in water and sewage treatment capacity.
You must lose over 50% of your scalp hairs before it is apparent to anyone. You lose hundreds of hairs a day but you'll have to lose a lot more before you or anyone else will ... pretty little head will have to disappear before your impending baldness will become obvious to all those around you.
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