Read these 10 weird Wednesday body facts and be wowed:
1. One percent of people can see infra-red light and 1 per cent can see ultra violet radiation.
2. If you were locked in a completely sealed room, you would not die due to a lack of air, but from carbon dioxide poisoning.
3. Statistically, only one person out of two billion reaches the age of 116 years old.
4. On average, a person says 4,800 words in 24 hours.
5. The retinas inside the eye cover about 650 square mm and contain 137 million light-sensitive cells: 130 million are for black and white vision and 7 million are for helping you see in colour.
6. Our eyes remain the same size as they were at birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
7. In the morning, a person is about 8 millimetres taller than in the evening.
8. The muscles which help your eyes to focus complete around 100,000 movements a day. In order to make your leg muscles do the same amount of movements, you would need to walk 80 kilometres.
9. A cough amounts to an explosive charge of air which moves at speeds up to 60 miles per hour.
10. According to German researchers, the risk of having a heart attack is higher on Monday than on any other day of the week.
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