Your body is amazing, it’s like a superhero machine that’s always working, even when you’re asleep! From your brain to your bones, here are 10 brilliant, bonkers and totally true facts about the human body.

1. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day!

That’s right! Even when you’re chilling on the sofa, your heart is working hard to keep blood pumping all around your body.

That’s like a drum that never stops!

2. Your brain is faster than a computer.

Your brain sends messages at over 150 miles per hour!

That’s faster than a race car, which means you can react super quickly when you need to.

3. You can’t actually tickle yourself

Try it! It doesn’t work.

Your brain already knows what’s coming, so it doesn’t get tricked the same way as when someone else tickles you.

Discover more about your body in Professor Hallux Builds a Body!

4. Your tongue is made of eight muscles

It’s one of the strongest parts of your body – and it never gets tired!

Pretty cool for something that helps you talk, eat AND taste yummy food.

Learn more about your tongue here!

5. You’re a heat machine.

Your body makes enough heat in 30 minutes to boil a kettle!

Most of it escapes through your head and skin, which is why we sweat when we’re hot.

6. You’re born with more bones than you have now.

Babies are born with around 270 bones, but as you grow, some join together.

Adults end up with just 206 bones.

Find out more about your brilliant bones here!

7. Your skin replaces itself all the time.

Your body sheds around 30,000 to 40,000 skin cells every minute.

That’s about 4kg of skin cells a year!

8. Your eyes blink around 20 times a minute.

That’s over 10 million times a year!

Blinking helps keep your eyes clean and moist – and you don’t even have to think about it.

9. Everyone has a unique tongue print.

Just like fingerprints, your tongue has its own special pattern.

Tongue prints aren’t used by detectives… yet!

10. You produce up to 1.5 litres of saliva a day.

That’s enough to fill a bottle of pop! Saliva helps break down your food so your tummy can digest it properly.

Bonus fact!

If your stomach acid touched your skin, it could burn right through it – it’s that strong! Luckily, your stomach has a special lining to protect itself.

Isn’t the human body incredible?

Your body does amazing things every single day. So next time you stretch, blink, or take a breath – remember, you’re basically a walking science miracle!