Human Body Facts for Kids

Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.

You produce enough saliva in your lifetime to fill two swimming pools.

Your body has about 60,000 miles of blood vessels — enough to wrap around the Earth more than twice.

Babies are born with about 300 bones, but adults only have 206 because some fuse together.

Your brain uses about 20% of your body's total energy, even though it's only 2% of your weight.

Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days — otherwise it would digest itself!

Humans actually glow in the dark, but the light is 1,000 times weaker than our eyes can see.

Your tongue print is completely unique, just like your fingerprint.

Ounce for ounce, human bones are stronger than steel.

You get an entirely new layer of skin about every 27 days — that's almost a new you every month!