Few things are as complex and interesting to us as our own bodies. Hundreds of thousands of years of evolution have served to make us one of the true marvels of nature. And yet most of us spend so little time thinking about it. It takes intricate cooperation between thousands of working parts just to keep us alive. Understanding those pieces that make us who we are and how they work together is both fascinating and important.
Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. That adds up to about 1.5 pounds every year.
An adult human being is made of approximately 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms.
We all have tiny mites living in our eyelashes. These little mites actually aren’t too choosey; they’ll live anywhere as long as they have access hair follicles. They’re found on other parts of the body and on a host of other mammals.
Pound for pound, the strongest muscle in the human body is the masseter (jaw muscle). It can clamp your chompers shut with 55 pounds of force on the incisors and 200 pounds of force on the molars.
- Photographer: Christopher Della Fave
- Country: United States, Mexico
- State(s) New Mexico, California, Colorado, Arizona
- Models: Undisclosed
- Year(s): 2015-2019