Amazing Facts Of Biology-

Have you ever pondered over questions like our existence and our bodies and its functions? Well, Biology surely loves to give you all those answers making it quite an interesting thing to study. Many of these facts make us wonder over various things and take us closer to better understanding of the subject.

1. 1. Swimming pool of Saliva

As gross as it sounds, do you know that saliva a human produces in a lifetime is enough to fill up two swimming pools. Disgusting but sounds interesting!!

2. The Science behind Goosebumps

No, I am not talking about the scary stories but goosebumps arise because of our evolutionary predecessors. When the muscles around the base of each hair get tensed, the human skin looks strange specially when we get scared or experience emotive memory.

3. We get taller in Morning 

This might not seem true but science proved that at the time you wake up, the excess fluids which are released within you spinal discs make you almost half inch taller. But as the day progress, we have to deal with the stress of standing and the disc compresses and fluids seep in making you lose that height of yours.

4. Your body is hot!

Well Biology compliments us by saying that our body produces enough heat to boil almost half a gallon of water. This is because of laws of thermodynamics where our body produces heat through metabolizing food, exercising, sweat, inhale and exhale.

5. Your brain is just 18 years old

You will be amazed to know that a human brain stops growing after the age of 18 years. Once you cross 18 years, 1000 brain cells are lost every day. Your brain never stop working even when you are sleeping, it works towards dreams.

6. You have more bones when you were born with

It’s fascinating to know that as a baby, we have 300 bones as compared to an adult who has only 206 bones. Most of our bones fuse to become one bigger bone. Another interesting thing is that bones are harder than steel. 

7. Unique fingerprints of Koalas and Primates

So in a scenario where Koalas and Primates would commit a crime, there fingerprints can trace us to the criminals. It is known that humans, koalas, apes have unique fingerprints due to their tiny prints on their fingers. 

8. Heart beats so fast that it can squirt blood till 30 feet

Do you feel the heartbeat so fast that it seems that it would come out of your body? It is known that at the time of pumping blood through body in an efficient manner, the pressure is so strong that it can squirt blood till 30 feet. Wooh!! That is too much!

9. Skin is an Organ

Yes, you read it right! Did you know that the average human has enough skin to cover 17-20 square feet and 20% of our weight is because of the skin? It replaces 45000+ cells in few seconds growing new skin. This is a reason why skin like any other organ is also regarded as an organ. 

10. Brain can light up a Bulb

A human brain can generate electricity and energy when we are awake and therefore can light up a bulb. It operates on the same amount of power of 10 watt light bulb. Well next time you are over thinking with a bulb image of cartoon, you know it’s kind of true!!

11. Starfishes are Brainless

Did you know that starfish unlike humans don’t possess brains and are lucky in terms of not dealing with all the problems humans do because of mere presence of it? Seems like a blessing in disguise!

12. Dreams of Pregnant Women 

All the husbands wish to know what is going in the minds of their pregnant wives. If not that they can settle with what they dream! A pregnant woman dreams most about three things, frogs, worms and potted plants. Other than this, due to hormones, women also dream about water or even have sexual and violent dreams. 

13. Human eye is a 576 megapixels

Understanding the wonders our body possess, biology amazes us!
Well if humans would be digicam, it would be 576 megapixels. Our eyes can identify 10 million colors and nose can remember 50000 scents.

14. You can taste onion by rubbing it on feet 

No we are not lying! If you rub onion on your feet, you will be able to taste it in 30-60 minutes. It is because it travels through blood streams. You can go and try and then spend 60 days of solitude.

15. Brain can be your Encyclopedia ++

A human brain cell has the ability to hold 5 times more information than the Encyclopedia. Scientists believe that the storage capacity of brain is between 3 to 1000 terabytes making memory power of our brains pretty darn impressive. Only if we could use it as well!

16. Snails sleep for years without food

Well living a dream of every lazy person, snails finally make up to the list of laziest of all. They can sleep for 3 to 4 years and that too without even needing any food. And all we humans do is eat, sleep and repeat.

17. Humans give Spiders creepy fee  No I have not written the other way around. Every time you get the creeps at even looking at a spider, you won’t believe that every time spider comes in contact with humans, it runs to its shelter and cleans itself off the germs.

              30 Other Amazing Facts »

Biology is one of the most interesting subjects that students prefer studying with enthusiasm. But, did you know about some of the amazing facts that were not there in your class book? Over here, we’re going to discuss 30 such facts that you probably have not heard of. Read on and enlighten yourself with these facts.

Fact # 1

Did you ever wonder why the colour of our blood is red? Here’s the answer - the iron present in our blood forms a ring of atoms called porphyrin, the shape of this structure produces the red colour. The shape of the porphyrin is affected by the presence of oxygen in your body.

Fact # 2

An adult human body is made up of ± 100 trillion cells. Surprised! Then hold your guts for another one. These cells can be differentiated into 200 different types with diverse forms.

Fact # 3

Human bone is an excellent example of a perfect architecture. The femur that supports the weight of our body during walking is more powerful when compared to a solid concrete of the same weight.

Fact # 4

Our bone marrow produces 260 billion red blood cells (RBCs) and 135 billion white blood cells (WBCs) per day.

Fact # 5

Have you ever wondered that when you go to a doctor, why he checks your tongue with a torch at the first instance? The reason is, our tongue acts as a mirror of our health. Certain diseases have the tendency to change the colour of your tongue.

Fact # 6

How many alveoli make up the human lung? The answer is 300 million. And the estimated alveolar surface area is about ± 100 times wider than the surface of the human body.

Fact # 7

Thirst not only occurs when the body loses a lot of fluids but also occurs due to increased levels of salt in the blood. The reason being salt tends to bind water.ffdhhshdFact # 8

Fact # 8

What’s the largest organ of the human body? Quite surprising, but the answer is your skin.

Fact # 9

Did you know about the world’s smallest snake? If no, then here’s the answer - the Barbados Thread snake.

Fact # 10

The relation between your thumb and your nose is - the length of your thumb is equal to the length of your nose.

Fact # 11

Want to know the meaning of different eye gazes? Different studies and researches have proved that when the human eyes find something attractive, the pupils raise, and if it sees something less-attractive the pupils dilate.

Fact # 12

Every nucleus in the human body has DNA of 6 feet long.

Fact # 13

Magnetoreception is a type of magnetic compass present in some migratory birds that help them navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field.

Fact # 14

The jaw is one of the strongest parts of the human body when it comes to exerting force.

Fact # 15

Curious to know how dolphins sleep? Then, here you go, dolphins sleep half awake. They keep one eye open while they consciously breathe and float on the water surface.

Fact # 16

The ostrich egg is the biggest in the world. It equals to the volume of as much as 30 chicken eggs.

Fact # 17

The life of an eyelash is no more than 5 months.

Fact # 18

Did you know, the power generated by our brain is enough to illuminate a bulb? Yes, it is at the time when we’re awake.

Fact # 19

What is the largest flower in the world? Rafflesia Arnoldii. It can grow as big as an umbrella.

Fact # 20

Now, that you know about the world’s largest flower, you must also know about the world’s smallest flowering plant, Wolffia. One full bouquet of its flowers fits on the head of a push pin.

Fact # 21

Armadillos spend about 80% of their life asleep! Did you know?

Fact # 22

How do ants eat? Want to know? Ants cannot chew their food, they move their jaws sideways like scissors to extract the juices from the food.

Fact # 23

Babies born with farsightedness. They start to focus properly only between 3 to 6 months of age.

Fact # 24

Human life expectancy would increase by 9.78 years if all the major cardiovascular diseases were eliminated.

Fact # 25

In seahorses, the male gives birth to a young one.

Fact # 26

Do you know that messages from the human brain, travel all along the nerves at up to 200 miles an hour?

Fact # 27

Do you know human’s nose and ears they do not stop growing?

Fact # 28

Did you know that human’s little finger has over 50% of the hand’s strength?

Fact # 29

It is a fact that in a human mouth there are more bacteria than there are in the world.

Fact # 30

Taste buds cannot be seen with naked eyes, the little bumps that are there on a human tongue are papillae; the rest on top are taste buds.