The femoral neck (hip) fracture is the injury most likely to reduce a person's life expectancy after age 65.

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

Fact #2214 · Human Body

The average human body contains enough carbon to make about 9,000 pencils.

Fact #2444 · Human Body

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

Fact #2608 · Human Body

The human nose can distinguish over one trillion different scents.

Fact #3508 · Human Body

Your risk of death doubles approximately every 8 years as you age.

Fact #2843 · Human Body

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

Fact #2136 · Human Body

Teeth are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves.

Fact #3279 · Human Body

The brain begins to suffer damage after about 5 minutes without oxygen.

Fact #3069 · Human Body