Random (and somewhat gross) trivia

The average human body contains enough: iron to make a 3 inch nail, sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900 pencils, potassium to fire a toy cannon, fat to make 7 bars of soap, phosphorous to make 2,200 match heads, and water to fill a ten-gallon tank.


Peanut butter typically contains up to 150 bug fragments and 5 rodent hairs.


Your stomach cells secrete hydrochloric acid, a corrosive compound used to treat metals in the industrial world. It can pickle steel, but mucous lining the stomach wall keeps this poisonous liquid safely in the digestive system.


The average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes.


Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.


Termites have the smelliest farts. These creatures' farts are believed to be a major contributor to global warming.


A study of American coins and currency revealed the presence of bacteria, including staphylococcus and E. coli on 18 percent of the coins and 7 percent of the bills.


Roughly 80% of all human beings on earth have one or more internal parasite infestations. For america, the estimate is 95%. Almost all human beings will suffer from internal or external parasites at least once in their lifespan and may never even know it.


The Romans used crushed mouse brains as toothpaste.


Every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.


In the late 19th century, millions of human mummies were used as fuel for locomotives in Egypt where wood and coal was scarce, but mummies were plentiful.


The average kitchen sponge contains more bacteria than a toilet.


When Eskimo babies have colds, their mothers suck the snot out of their noses.


Heart attacks are more likely to occur on a Monday than any other day of the week.


Apart from having it burnt, human hair decays at such a slow rate that it is almost impossible to get rid of. It might look fragile but hair cannot be destroyed by cold, change of climate, water, or other natural forces and it is resistant to many kinds of acids and corrosive chemicals.