10. Vital Statistics: Skin
1-2 mm – Average thickness of the skin
19 -34 days – Life span of skin cells
2 sq.m -- Area covered by skin on the average adult.
25,600 -- Number of good bacteria inhabiting every
square centimeter of skin.
1000 km -- About how much hair most people grow
in a life time.
50,000 a minute – Rate at which dead cells flakes and fall
off the body.
11. When you feel a sneeze coming on, do not suppress it. Preventing that160 kph blast of air from escaping may cause a nasty infection by forcing germs and viral particles back up into Eustachian tubes that lead to the middle ear.
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