Fun Facts about People

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Fun Facts about People


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Here are 25 crazy fun facts about People:

  1. The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
  2. Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.
  3. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
  4. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
  5. The average person will consume about 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
  6. You’re taller in the morning than at night.
  7. Your heart beats about 100,000 times per day.
  8. Humans have a unique fingerprint and tongue print.
  9. The average person will produce enough saliva in their lifetime to fill two swimming pools.
  10. The brain can survive for up to six minutes without oxygen.
  11. The world’s most tattooed person has over 98% of their body covered in tattoos.
  12. The shortest person in recorded history was only 21 inches tall.
  13. The world’s tallest man was over 8 feet tall.
  14. The world’s longest beard was over 17 feet long.
  15. On average, people spend about six months of their life waiting in line.
  16. Humans have about 100,000 hairs on their head.
  17. The average person spends about six years of their life dreaming.
  18. The human body has over 600 muscles.
  19. The world’s largest foot belongs to a man from the Netherlands and is over 15 inches long.
  20. The world’s longest fingernails belonged to a woman from India and were over 28 feet long.
  21. The fastest a human has ever run is over 28 miles per hour.
  22. The world’s oldest person lived to be 122 years old.
  23. The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents.
  24. The world’s loudest scream was over 130 decibels – that’s louder than a jet engine!
  25. The world’s oldest mother gave birth at 66 years old.
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Here are another 25 crazy fun facts about People:

  1. The human body is about 60% water.
  2. The world’s longest hair belonged to a woman from China and was over 18 feet long.
  3. The world’s most pierced woman has over 9,000 piercings.
  4. The world’s tallest woman was over 7 feet tall.
  5. The world’s largest mouth belongs to a man from Germany and can fit a whole apple in it.
  6. The world’s most tattooed senior citizen is a woman from Florida with over 90% of her body covered in tattoos.
  7. The world’s largest nose belongs to a man from Turkey and is over 3 inches long.
  8. The world’s oldest father was 96 years old when his son was born.
  9. The human body contains enough fat to make seven bars of soap.
  10. The world’s most pierced man has over 700 piercings.
  11. The world’s smallest waist belonged to a woman from the US and was only 13 inches around.
  12. The world’s longest tongue belonged to a man from India and was over 3 feet long.
  13. The world’s largest biceps belong to a man from Egypt and measure over 31 inches around.
  14. The world’s most tattooed doctor is a man from Italy with over 90% of his body covered in tattoos.
  15. The world’s largest hips belong to a woman from the US and measure over 8 feet around.
  16. The world’s smallest baby weighed only 0.49 pounds at birth.
  17. The world’s tallest baby was over 2 feet tall at birth.
  18. The world’s largest baby weighed over 23 pounds at birth.
  19. The world’s oldest living twins are over 105.
  20. The world’s fastest talking person can speak over 600 words per minute.
  21. The world’s oldest living person with a full set of teeth is over 100 years old.
  22. The world’s shortest living man is only 21.5 inches tall.
  23. The world’s heaviest person weighed over 1,300 pounds.
  24. The world’s longest living conjoined twins lived for over 63 years.
  25. The world’s tallest living man is over 8 feet tall.

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Here are another 25 crazy fun facts about People:

  1. The world’s fastest texter can type over 160 words per minute on a mobile phone.
  2. The world’s oldest living triplets are over 90 years old.
  3. The world’s smallest living woman is only 2 feet tall.
  4. The world’s oldest living Siamese twin is over 65 years old.
  5. The world’s shortest living woman is only 2 feet, 0.6 inches tall.
  6. The world’s tallest living woman is over 7 feet, 7 inches tall.
  7. The world’s oldest person to run a marathon was over 100 years old.
  8. The world’s youngest person to climb Mount Everest was only 13 years old.
  9. The world’s oldest person to climb Mount Everest was over 80 years old.
  10. The world’s fastest marathon runner completed the race in just over 2 hours.
  11. The world’s oldest person to skydive was over 100 years old.
  12. The world’s oldest person to ride a motorcycle was over 100 years old.
  13. The world’s longest dance party lasted over 55 hours.
  14. The world’s tallest roller coaster is over 456 feet tall.
  15. The world’s fastest roller coaster can reach speeds over 149 miles per hour.
  16. The world’s oldest person to scuba dive was over 100 years old.
  17. The world’s fastest helicopter can fly over 300 miles per hour.
  18. The world’s oldest person to climb a tree was over 100 years old.
  19. The world’s oldest person ever recorded was 122 years old.
  20. The average person will spend about 2 weeks of their life kissing.
  21. The world’s largest human organ is the skin.
  22. The longest fingernails ever recorded were over 28 feet long.
  23. The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different smells.
  24. The world’s oldest person to bungee jump was over 100 years old.
  25. The world’s largest hot air balloon festival has over 600 balloons.
  26. The world’s fastest sailboat can travel over 80 miles per hour.
  27. The world’s oldest person to ride a jet ski was over 100 years old.

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People Fun Facts for Kids

Here are 25 crazy fun facts about people that kids might enjoy:

  1. On average, people blink about 15 times per minute.
  2. The average person spends about six months of their life waiting in line.
  3. Your brain produces enough electricity to power a small light bulb.
  4. The average person will spend about 25 years sleeping in their lifetime.
  5. Most people have around 100,000 hairs on their head.
  6. The longest recorded time without sleep is 11 days.
  7. Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour.
  8. The world’s tallest person was 8 feet 11 inches tall.
  9. The world’s smallest person was 21 inches tall.
  10. The fastest human on record is Usain Bolt, who ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds.
  11. The human body is made up of about 60% water.
  12. The average person will spend about six months of their life waiting at red lights.
  13. The world’s oldest person ever recorded was 122 years old.
  14. The average person will spend about 2 weeks of their life kissing.
  15. The world’s largest human organ is the skin.
  16. The longest fingernails ever recorded were over 28 feet long.
  17. The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different smells.
  18. The world’s largest human feet belong to Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez, whose feet measure over 15 inches each.
  19. The world’s loudest scream was recorded at 129 decibels.
  20. The world’s longest tongue is over 3.8 inches long.
  21. The fastest marathon ever run was completed in just over 2 hours.
  22. The human brain is about 80% water.
  23. The world’s fastest talker can speak 637 words per minute.
  24. The world’s oldest known musical instrument is a bone flute that is over 40,000 years old.
  25. The average person will eat about 35 tons of food in their lifetime.
  26. The world’s largest muscle is the gluteus maximus, or the muscles in your buttocks.
  27. The world’s tallest building climber, Alain Robert, climbed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is over 2,700 feet tall.
  28. The world’s largest human mouth belongs to Francisco Domingo Joaquim, whose mouth measures over 6 inches wide.
  29. The world’s largest human earlobes belong to a man named Kalawelo Kaiwi, whose earlobes measure over 10 inches long.

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