Interesting things about humans

bobcat

bobcat

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Over 90% of our bodies are made up of 6 elements (Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus).
So, if you could build a human, it would cost less than $600 worth of elements (Provided you're not using purified forms).
Almost two thirds of that is water. (It still amazes me that two of the lightest elements combined make up one of the heaviest)
So you are almost two thirds an odorless gas (Hotly contested by frequent elevator riders I'm sure).

I suppose an interesting take away would be, the more you weigh, the more you're worth. You're welcome.
Most here are priceless anyway. :)
 

Every day your body undertakes an unquantifiable number of tasks (Vastly beyond imagining) without requiring an instant of your attention.
The amount of time it took you to read that sentence, your body has made 100 million red blood cells that will rattle around through your veins making the trip around your fabulous body 150,000 times before being quietly killed off and replaced by others.
See there, even if you thought you didn't get much accomplished today, your body begs to differ.
No wonder you're tired.
 
It's fascinating to realize that in 3 billion years, not once has your personal line of descent been broken. If it had, you wouldn't be here. Every one of your ancestors had to successfully pass on their genetic material to a new generation, which eventually became you.

It's also remarkable that all humans share 99.9% of their DNA, and yet we are so different........
or perhaps we're not so different after all.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Yup. About 5% of your weight is bacteria.
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5% I'm definitely using that the next time my doctor tells me to lose some weight! Hey doc, it's the bacteria, it's been spreading!

bobcat said:
It's also remarkable that all humans share 99.9% of their DNA, and yet we are so different........
or perhaps we're not so different after all.
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We do tend to focus on how we're different, and ignoring how we're the same. I think it's a brain thing, our thoughts and ideas are different, and we somehow use that to suggest we're "all different", but in fact we're not. This is to our benefit given progress in medicine. What would things be like if we were all different on the inside? :D
 
What an incredible machine we live in, often operating for decades without any tune up or replacing any parts, despite some of the garbage we put into it for fuel, and often times eating maximally and exercising minimally. All this coupled with the fact that it's, hands down, the most versatile wonder on the planet with all the things it's capable of.

In addition we have over 37 trillion cells, all working in concert to keep this machine working, and yet there is no one in charge. That's pretty mind blowing.
 
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