Ridiculous and Weird Facts About the Human Body

The old saw that we use just 10 percent of our brainpower isn’t true. We use every part of our brain, even in daily functions. 

The average adult brain weighs just under 3 pounds and is the consistency of tofu.

Humans are the only species known to blush, a behavior Darwin called “the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions.”

A study of 117 male members of the brainy society Mensa (you have to have an IQ of over 140 to join) showed that Mensa members had a tendency to thicker body hair — and the most intelligent had hair on their backs as well as on their chests.

There are basically two kinds of earwax, wet and dry. Researchers studying earwax genetics say that people with the wet kind generally have more unpleasant armpit odor than people with the dry kind.

Death is one of the side effects of a continued lack of sleep.

Someone who was born blind experiences sounds, smells, and sensations while dreaming, but since the brain possesses no visual information, the dreams are not visual.

A well-known side effect of Botox is the inability to fully express emotions. Now research reveals another side effect: the inability to fully feel emotions.