Do you know that sleeping burns more calories than watching television? Or ever wondered how many times a minute a person blinks in a day? Or why the size of your left lung is a little smaller than the right one. Or do you know that an adult human body is made up of about 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms? These interesting facts about the human body will surely blow your mind.

Here are 16 amazing facts about the human body:

1. On average a person’s mouth produces about one litre of saliva each day.

2. Sometimes our brain is more active when we’re asleep than when we’re awake.

3. Many babies don’t shed tears until they’re at least one month old.

4. The left lung is about 10-12 percent smaller than the right one. This is because the heart is in the little left of the center of his chest, occupying some space of the left lung.

5. The cornea of the eye is the only part of the body that has no blood supply; it receives oxygen directly from the air.

6. On average the human heart pumps 182 million litres of blood during the lifetime.

7. Women’s hearts beat faster than men’s.

8. The average person forgets 90% of their dreams.

9. Humans are the only living organism that sleeps on their backs.

10. Only 10-11 % of the human population is left-handed, yet there is no exact scientific reason why lefties are so rare.

11. Humans are the only living organism that can draw straight lines.

12. Babies are born with 300 bones while adults only have 206.

13. Most of the people lose half of their taste buds by the age of 60.

14. A person burns more calories while sleeping than watching TV.

15. An average person blinks 15-20 times per minute, that’s up to 28,800 times in a day.

16. An adult human body is made up of about seven octillion atoms.