The human body is truly amazing. Did you know that when we're born, we have around 300 bones, yet by the time we grow up, some of them fuse together and we're left with only about 206? What's more, human bones are incredibly strong. You may have heard that they're stronger than steel, but did you know a block of bone the size of a matchbox can support up to 18,000 pounds of weight?
Perhaps you knew these facts; perhaps you didn't. That doesn't change the fact that our bodies can do stuff that is pretty darn impressive. Recently, people named a few more of these facts in an online thread after one netizen asked, "What is the coolest thing that the human body does?"
So, scroll down and see what other remarkable things your body is capable of – perhaps some of them will be new to you?
#21
Memory formation. Neurons fire in the same pattern over and over again when a memory is formed until it becomes easier to fire in that same way, so when you access that memory they activate the same pattern. Memory formation is really cool.
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29points
#22
I personally found our immune system quite cool on how it detects pathogens, destroys it, and then creates memory cells of the pathogens.
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28points
#23
How playing a sport regularly gives you incredible muscle memory.
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27points
#24
Something you don't think about, but would be in trouble if it didn't happen: sweating to cool off.
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27points
#25
My wife generated 2 fully functional, completely operational, human beings out of like....a teaspoon of goo and a bunch of food. They popped out of her hoohaa, and when it was over, she claimed that it was, and I quote, "not really painful, just sort of uncomfortable" end of quote. I'm going with that.
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27points
#26
The ability of some cells like neurons to run non-stop for 80+ years.
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26points
#27
Glowing. Yes, you glow a faint light all the time. You come from star dust, literally. And you are spinning around the Milky Way center at 100 miles per second, spinning around our sun at 67,000 mph, spinning around earths core at 1000 mph.
That’s not just cool, that’s flat out amazing!
That’s not just cool, that’s flat out amazing!
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#28
No matter what the outside temperature is your body remains (roughly) the same temperature at all times.
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25points
#30
(Usually) recognizes and destroys cancer cells. In fact, the body successfully destroys thousands of cancer cells each day! The ones that survive to form malignant tumors are the exception, not the rule.
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24points
#31
The brain in general. A chewed up wad of proteins made (waves hands around in a maniacal gesture) all *this*.
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#32
Skin does a lot of cool stuff. Sweating is actually goated, and rare for animals. It gave us an edge as a predator, being able to chase prey for long distances without overheating. Also the wrinkles that form on your fingers when you’re in water for too long are to increase friction, so you can handle stuff in wet conditions without it slipping as much.
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#34
Functions. exists. like why the f**k am i here bro on this random a*s rock floating in the sky.
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#35
Breastfeeding.
Your milk changes as baby grows to give them the additional nutrients they need, which is why bulk freezing is actually silly unless you have a plan when to use it, or if you are giving it away.
It will also adjust to provide antibodies if baby is sick.
F*****g amazing.
Your milk changes as baby grows to give them the additional nutrients they need, which is why bulk freezing is actually silly unless you have a plan when to use it, or if you are giving it away.
It will also adjust to provide antibodies if baby is sick.
F*****g amazing.
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16points
