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35 Disgusting Facts About Our Disgusting Human Bodies

Everything you never wanted to know about your awful meat suit

35 Disgusting Facts About Our Disgusting Human Bodies

December 14, 2023

You know that meat suit called a body you’ve been using to navigate the world? There are all sorts of gross and creepy facts about it that you may wish you never learned — and we’ve collected a bunch of them here!

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AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM LIVES IN YOUR BELLY BUTTON. The average belly button hosts 50 or so species. Each person's belly button bacteria differentiates to such a degree even scientists are confused as to how. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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YOUR STOMACH ACID IS ALMOST AS STRONG AS BATTERY ACID. It can dissolve metal, but please don't attempt. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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IN YOUR BODY, MICROORGANISMS OUTNUMBER HUMAN CELLS 10 TO 16 Are you human or are you microorganism? If it's any relief, their small size means they only about 1 to 3% of your body's mass. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tonsils

TONSIL STONES ARE OLD STUFF THAT'S GOTTEN TRAPPED IN THE POCKETS OF YOUR TONSILS. They're actually a combination of bacteria, dead cells and mucus that's just been... around a while, hardening in the back of your mouth. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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EVERY MINUTE YOU SHED OVER 30, 000 DEAD SKIN CELLS. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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TODDLERS' SKILLS ARE TERRIFYING. he ar old the Before children lose their baby teeth, the extra teeth in the skull look absolutely wild. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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YOU PRODUCE AND SWALLOW 1.5 LITERS OF PHLEGM A DAY. That's more than 4 beers a day. Chug, chug, chug! CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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YOU PRODUCE 500 TO 1,500 MILLILITERS OF GAS A DAY. That's 10 to 20 farts releasing half a 2-liter bottle of soda. Every. Day. You disgusting organic being, you. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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FETUSES DEVELOP EYES BEFORE EYELIDS. CRL Imagine a developing fetus inside your womb blankly staring unblinkingly at your insides for two weeks. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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Kidneys

Your kidneys are tasting your pee for toxins. You actually have taste and smell receptors in your kidneys, heart, and red blood cells. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Sunburn is your skin bravely killing itself. The sun has altered your cells' DNA, SO they commit suicide to avoid becoming cancerous. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Bacteria

You're more bacteria than human. You have 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells in what you once thought was your body. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Pee may be the cleanest thing that comes out of you. Fresh pee is definitely cleaner than the spit in your mouth. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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HUMANS HAVE JUST AS MANY HAIR FOLLICLES AS ANY GREAT APE. Human hairs are just finer than gorillas, chimps, or orangutans. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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Gut Bacteria

Your own gut bacteria will start eating you four minutes after you die. These bacteria have no loyalty. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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One of your nostrils isn't working right now. Your autonomous nervous system makes them work in shifts, SO they don't dry out. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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You could have fought cancer and beat it - - without knowing. Your cells are constantly culling themselves to stave off cancer. Imagine how many close calls you've had! NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Stem Cells

A fetus can loan stem cells to its mother. If a pregnant mother experiences organ damage, her fetus will send stem cells to help with the repair. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Bones

You lose bones over the course of your life. You'll likely die with 96 less bones than you started with. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Corneas

Your cornea has no blood supply. It's the only organ that harvests the oxygen it needs directly from the air. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Our brains pushed our wisdom teeth aside. The brain takes up space that the mouth used to occupy. Your teeth just never got the memo. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Your Very Few Permanent Cells

Almost none of your body is permanent. Only a few cells in your eyes, heart, and brain will be with you your whole life. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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There are mites in your eyelashes. Demodex mites aren't harmful, but they are... y'know, mites. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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There are exactly O muscles in your fingers. You're just operating ten little marionettes with the muscles in your palms and forearms. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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THE MICROBES IN OUR GUTS CAN PREDICT WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DIE IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS. They can also reveal the presence of many diseases better than our own genes can. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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Transplanted kidney When you get a kidney transplant, they just leave the old one in there. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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Mites

YOU HAVE TINY MITES LIVING IN THE PORES OF YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW. Demodex eat the greasy oil your skin makes. They are found facedown inside your hair follicles, nestled up against the hair shaft, and are too small to be seen with the naked eye. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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Your discs don't slip, they rip. A slipped disc is a misnomer; it's actually a shredded, bulging mass of tissue. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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It's possible to diet SO hard, your brain starts eating itself. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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YOU AND THE TRILLIONS OF MICROBES IN YOUR GUT HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP When you die, they travel through the circulatory system to other organs, feeding on your dying cells and taking over your body. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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Earwax

Earwax is sweat. The base compound comes from a modified sweat gland. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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EVERYONE IS Surrounded BY A CLOUD OF MILLIONS OF THEIR OWN BACTERIA. When you walk through someone else's cloud, it covers your skin with bacteria, and you breathe their cloud into your lungs. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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You are currently bioluminescent. It's just too faint for the human eye to detect. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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YOUR EARS SECRETE MORE WAX WHEN YOU'RE STRESSED OR SCARED The apocrine glands in your ears that assist with wax production are also responsible for your smelliest sweat. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Nightmare-Inducing Facts About The Human Body

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When you blush, your stomach lining is turning red too. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Kinda Gross Facts About The Human Body That'll Make You Feel A Little Uncomfortable

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