Here are some facts that I found intriguing while researching other interesting topics:
+The average number of Americans who report that someone in their family has suffered from mental health problems severe enough to affect their physical health is 1 out of every 3.
+The number of Americans with severe back problems averages 1 out of every 4.
+Americans spend more than $5 billion annually diagnosing and treating back problems.
+The average person grows a new eyelash every 3 months.
+On the average, hair grows faster in the morning than at any other time during the day.
+Stateside, women wear an average bra size of 34B while in Europe the average is 34C.
+The life span of a caveman averaged only about 19 years.
+Females average more dental visits per year than do males.
+The average lactating mother produces one-and-one-half pints of milk per day.
+The average left-handed person tends to be more creative and receptive to new ideas than the right-handers, a study shows.
+People dream an average of five times a night, and the dreams keep getting longer. The first dream is about 10 minutes long, and the last is about 45.
+Women dream more than men, and children dream more than adults; more people dream in black-and-white than in color.
+Some 2 million people die annually in the U.S.
+On the average, one out of every 50 Americans is manic-depressive.
+The average human male produces 138,000 sperm cells in 60 seconds.
+The human head sheds an average of 68 hairs during a 24-hour period.
+Tailors have always known that among 85 percent of the male population, the left testicle is larger than the right.
+The average length of time it takes a worker’s body to adjust to a new work shift is 21 days.
+More than half of the people bitten by poisonous snakes in the U.S. are never treated and still survive.
+Weighing in at 11 ounces, the average heart pumps 4 liters per minute and beats 100,000 times every 24 hours.
+And the beat goes on: At rest, an average baby’s heart beats 130 times per minute; a 10-year-old, 90 beats per minute; an adult female’s, 78 beats; and an adult male’s, about 70 beats.
+The number of people dying from choking on food each year is greater than the average number of people killed by guns, airplanes, accidents, snakebites, or electrical shocks.
+The average brain weighs only 3 pounds but contains 10 billion nerve cells, each capable of 25,000 interconnections.
+The human tongue contains some 9,000 taste buds.
+The chances of men getting leprosy average 2 to 1 over women contracting the disease.
+Babies born in May weigh an average of 200 grams more than babies born in any other month.
+One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.
+A teenager is 50 percent more susceptible to colds than people over 50.
+A tetanus shot remains effective for about 10 years.
+The average age for breast development is 12.4.
+The average female between the ages of 20 and 44 is more likely to be overweight than are males in that same category.
+African Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to contract diabetes.
+The heaviest organ in the human body is the liver, which averages three-and-a-half pounds.
+Ancient Egyptians lived an average of 29 years.
+A person flexes his or her finger joints 25 million times during a lifetime.
+A human kidney contains about 70 miles of tubes with millions of tiny fibers.
The total blood supply of the body is filtered through the kidneys in less than an hour.
+An adult human hair can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
+An adult has about 18 square feet of skin, weighing about 6 pounds.
+A person inhales 1 pint of air with each breath and breathes 10 million times a year.
+Women typically live longest in Florida, while men seem to live longest in cooler Connecticut.
+Heart attacks that occur on the job strike their victims on Monday morning in 3Â out of every 4 cases.
+Sexual intercourse occurs most frequently during ages 21 to 25, on the average.
–Top o’ the morning!