It takes about 12 hours for food to complete its journey through the digestive system.

Fingernails grow faster than toenails.

Fact #110 · Human Body

There are signals traveling through your nervous system right now at speeds over 200 miles per hour.

Fact #2497 · Human Body

The human brain continues developing into your mid‑twenties.

Fact #2476 · Human Body

Roughly 60% of your body weight is water.

Fact #2796 · Human Body

The human circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.

Fact #2608 · Human Body

Your brain edits out constant sensations like clothing touching your skin.

Fact #3048 · Human Body

An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to complete a full circuit of the body.

Fact #2616 · Human Body

Your brain can store the equivalent of millions of gigabytes of information.

Fact #2182 · Human Body