How weird are we?
15.07.2010
Recently, I observed someone on the train who desperately tried to hold in a sneeze. Seeing this reminded me of a fact I learned a long time ago and have never forgotten: a sneeze pushes the air out of your body at a speed of 160 kilometres per hour. According to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, that's a category-two hurricane coming out of your nose every time you sneeze! And so you have to wonder, is it really a good idea to hold it in?
Actually, there are loads of weird facts about our bodies. Some of them are funny, others are really quite disgusting. Here's an example: even if you think you never cry, your eyes need moisture - so like everyone else, you "cry" about four litres of tears in a year.
And although you might want to avoid an airborne toxic event at all costs, about half a litre of gas comes out of your bottom every day - the only difference is that some people seem to be a lot more comfortable with this fact than others.
I don't know if, as the saying goes, blondes really have more fun. But they do have more hair! Most of us have around 100,000 individual hairs on our heads - blond people have the most, redheads have the fewest. And about 100 hairs fall out every day :-(
Looking in the mirror just won't be the same again.
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