From medical articles to numerous documentaries on the human body, we are all convinced that we are widely informed about our biology and its history… But have we really explored the many mysteries that our body conceals?
The complexity of our organism is in reality so great that the media struggle to reveal its many secrets to us. As eccentric as they are astonishing, there are many details that make our body a unique “machine”. Here are 36 surprising things that you probably still don’t know about your body!
- The human brain has the capacity to memorize absolutely everything we have seen, heard or done during our lives.
- Some people do not have fingerprints.
- 1% of adults have never felt sexual attraction to anyone.
- Antibacterial soaps can throw our sex hormones out of whack.
- Laughter improves health.
- The coccyx was originally a tail that we used to balance and communicate.
- Every time we gain weight, our body creates miles of new blood vessels to accommodate our body.
- Sleeping makes you lose weight.
- Men’s nipples can produce milk if stimulated.
- Feet can continue to grow throughout life.
- Painful joints are able to predict the weather. When a storm is near some people suffer from pain in their joints.
- Making love at least twice a week reduces the risk of having a heart attack.
- The “smell” of old people is a reality. Old people do have a specific and identifiable smell.
- We are taller when we wake up in the morning than later in the day.
- These are the bacteria that cause the bad smell of sweat. Sweat actually has no odor.
- Our skin is an organ that represents 12% of our total weight.
- We are more irritable when we are dehydrated. Remember to hydrate regularly and drink water.
- Your bones can self-destruct if exposed to toxic agents such as cadmium.
- Stress makes you gain weight.
- Mental illnesses generally appear before adulthood.
- Eating fruits and vegetables can help your body produce its own aspirin.
- We lose part of our intelligence as we age.
- Women are genetically less tolerant of cold than men.
- We actually have more than 9 senses: sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell, but also pressure, the sensation of different parts of our body, tension sensors for muscles, thirst, hunger and magnetic reception .
- Aches are due to micro-fractures of muscle cells.
- The human body can sweat up to 11.35 liters of water per day of very high heat.
- We can’t tickle ourselves because our body anticipates the sensation.
- We are more likely to gain weight when we are surrounded by overweight people.
- Making love treats headaches thanks to the endorphins released by sexual pleasure.
- There are more bacteria on the human body than people in the United States.
- Recent studies have shown that women may be inherently bisexual.
- Eyebrows have historically played a role in natural selection.
- The brains of people with blindness automatically reprogram themselves to develop other senses.
- The big toe is there to help us balance when we walk.
- White skin only appeared 50,000 years ago when our colored ancestors moved to regions with cold climates.