Shocking Body Facts 

Most people spend about the same
amount of time blinking as they
spend eating – a total of about
five years over a whole lifetime.

The heat output
from the average
adult body is enough
to boil 30 litres
(around 53 pints) of
freezing water.

If all of your body’s molecules of DNA (the
a chemical which makes up your genes) were
stretched out, they would reach to the Moon
and back 3,000 times!


The world record for holding your breath is 7.5 minutes. Most people can only
manage around 1 minute.

It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.