Hola Health Nut. It’s been two days since fall break and I still can’t seem to get in the swing of things. So, instead of rambling on about some wellness epiphany, I’ve listed some fun facts courtesy of “Kids Get Fit.” They’re perfect for a lunch date ice breaker or to act as fillers in a totally lame small talk conversation. No need to stress your noggin, just enjoy!

If you weighed 100 pounds on earth, you will weigh about 264 pounds on Jupiter.

There are 206 bones in the human body.  One fourth of them are in your feet.

The human body has 45 miles of nerves.

If the 300,000,000 tiny air sacs (alveoli) in your lungs could be laid out flat, they would cover a home swimming pool.

Your heart is the strongest muscle of your body and beats about 100,000 times in one day, in an average adult.

We need light in order to see.  Animals that live in deep caves or in the great depths of the ocean where there is no light are often blind or have no eyes at all.

A person breathes 7 quarts of air every minute.

Almost half the human body’s weight is made from one of three types of muscle tissue.

The human nervous system can relay messages to the brain at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.  Your brain receives 100 million nerve messages each second from your senses.

In one day, some 4000 children and teenagers take up smoking.

Underwater swimming is the only time you should hold your breathe while exercising.

Your brain weight about 3 pounds, is a pinkish gray color and is about the size of a cauliflower.

Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

The three bones of the middle ear are so small all three could easily fit on your thumbnail.

If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons.

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