Author Topic: Name an interesting fact about the Human Body (Read 10681 times)

JamestheLeet · June 22, 2010, 06:57:34 PM

Not a fact about the human body but a squirrels body.
A squirrel can fall 600 feet without killing itself.

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tails · June 22, 2010, 06:58:43 PM

Quote from: Talent74 on June 22, 2010, 06:17:32 PM

You need the stomach to recieve food that contains minerals after the food has been swallowed, then the food will pass from the stomach to the intestines, to successfully RETRIEVE the food that contains MINERALS in order for our body to survive. The principle applies to water as well. Unless you're taking suppositories. Ouch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenia

And you could live without a stomach if you had machines/whatnot doing it for you

Squiggles · June 22, 2010, 06:59:14 PM

snake

mrlolop · June 22, 2010, 07:00:20 PM

An estimated 5% of women are allergic to semen.

Visage · June 22, 2010, 07:18:41 PM

Quote from: Rughugger on June 22, 2010, 06:51:18 PM

The human body reaches terminal velocity after falling about 200-220 meters depending on wind velocity.

Terminal velocity is about 120-150 mph depending on weight and it actually is possible to survive a fall at terminal velocity with technique and precision. This means that someone could theoretically fall 30,000 feet out of an airplane onto concrete and survive it, people have survived pretty intense falls with a little bit of luck. I looked it up and about 50 people have survived a fall from an airplane while entrapped in debris since the 1940s, 13 people have survived a complete free-fall from an airplane since the 1940s.