Baby Facts

* A baby is born every seven seconds.
* Babies are born with very poor vision but can recognize their mothers almost right away.

* Babies are always born with blue eyes, within a few moments of delivery their eye color can change.

* Babies are born with swimming abilities and can naturally hold their breath. However, they shortly lose this instinct.

* Newborns usually double their weight by six months.

* Playing classical music will increase a baby's intelligence.

* Reading to your child at ANY age will increase their knowledge.

* Babies and toddlers are, pound for pound, stronger than oxen. This is especially true of their legs.

* Babies are born without kneecaps.

The human body is a fascinating study to subject. You may be surprised by the following facts.

* Eyes are the most active muscles in the whole body.

* Humans have almost 10,000 taste buds.

* The colder the room you sleep in, the more likely that you will have a bad dream.

* The human body is better suited for two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one.

* Its impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

* You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.... talk about a lot of celebrating.



Interesting Human Body Facts

Approximately 75% of human feces is made of water.

It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

One human hair can support 3kg.


Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.

The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.

Your thumb is the same length of your nose.

A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

If the average male never shaved, his beard would be 13 feet long when he died.


Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.

There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

Side by side, 2000 cells from the human body could cover about one square inch.

The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.

When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.


It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.

You're ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.

Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.

If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.