40 Facts About That Rickety Old Flesh Wagon You Call a Body

A body with an ability to learn about itself! That’s some wild stuff right there

Lugging around your upright body can be tiring enough as it is, so we’re sorry to weigh it down even further with these hefty facts. Maybe try to store them evenly around your brain so that one side doesn’t get lopsided enough to pull your head to the ground. Your body is already in a tough enough battle with gravity. 

If you think you’re strong enough for this fact-lugging, here’s a beefy pile of tidbits about that sentient meat sack of yours.

Brain Cells

Toothaches

Toxic Seeds

Source: CDC

Body Hair

NCBI 

Kidneys

Nail Growth

Source: BBC

Blaschko’s Lines

Source

Mites

Source: NPR

Dead Skin Cells

Source: Penguin

Stem Cells

Stomachs

Organ Transplants

Toes

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