Fun Facts – 23 March 2016

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  • Human lips are hundreds of times more sensitive than the tips of a person’s fingers.
    A kiss increases a person’s pulse to 100 beats per minute or more.
  • The total strength of masticatory muscles on one side of your jaw is equal to 195 kilograms.
  • Parthenophobia is a fear of virgins.
  • If you collected all the iron contained in the human body, you would get just a small cog, big enough only for use in your watch.
  • There are more than 100 different viruses which cause a cold
  • Men are officially classified as dwarves if their height is below 1.3 m, whereas for women the measure is 1.2 m.
  • The human heart is approximately equal in size to that of a person’s fist. An adult’s heart weights 220-260 grams.
  • Each of us has around 2,000 taste buds.
  • The human eye can distinguish 10 million different colours.
  • The chemical compound in the body which causes feelings of ecstasy (phenylethylamine) is also contained in chocolate.
  • A person burns more calories when they are asleep than when they watch TV.