Cruise ships have morgues that can store up to 10 bodies at once. The average amount of people who die on cruise ships per year is 200.
100 Mind-Blowing Bodies Facts
Over 290 people have died climbing Mount Everest since 1922. Most deaths occur because of avalanches, and not all bodies have been recovered.
In Svalbard, a remote Norwegian island, it is illegal to die. This is because bodies are unable to be buried safely due to the permafrost on the ground. If you are about to die, they fly you back to mainland Norway to pass on there.
Butterflies have skeletons on the outside of their bodies. This is known as the exoskeleton.
Starfish don’t have bodies. Along with other echinoderms (think sea urchins and sand dollars), their entire bodies are technically classed as heads.
Recent research shows that exercise positively impacts nearly every cell in our bodies.
The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long. If a child’s entire circulatory system—we’re talking veins, arteries, and capillaries—were laid out flat, it would stretch for more than 60,000 miles, according to the Franklin Institute. By the time we reach adulthood, our bodies have become home to approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels.
The Easter Island heads have bodies. Those iconic stone heads – you know the ones. In the 2010s, archaeologists found that two of the Pacific Island figures had torsos that measured as high as 33 feet.
The Pope can’t be an organ donor. All popes’ bodies belong to the Vatican when they die, which means no organ donation is allowed.
Penguins can jump as high as 9 feet in the air. These creatures may be known for their adorable waddling, but they’re quite the action stars. One of the fun facts about these fun creatures is that depending on their species, penguins can jump up to 9 feet. How do these boxy birds do it, you ask? The magic happens underwater – penguins wrap their bodies in air bubbles from their wings and use this to propel themselves up to the surface.
In Ancient Egypt, priests plucked their bodies bald. Ancient Egyptians believed that body hair was unhygienic and shameful. As such, it was a common practice for men, women, and children to remove their body hair.
Relative to their bodies, Chihuahuas have the biggest brains in the dog world. Chihuahuas are very tiny, so that’s not saying a lot.
One species of ants can only be found in Manhattan, New York. Biologists discovered a new ant species between 63rd and 76th Street in Broadway. This ant species was found to have a higher concentration of carbon in their bodies which was linked to a high corn-syrup diet.
The Mayo Clinic made glow-in-the-dark cats while trying to find a cure for AIDS. This was mainly due to the specific protein in their bodies that was fluorescent green. They also used this protein to discover if their tests worked out or not. Glowing was a sign that the tests were successful.
206 bones make up the skeletal system. However, newborn babies are born with more bones in their bodies that only develop later on as they grow. These bones are connected by tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. The teeth are also part of our skeletal system, but they are not considered bones.
Most of the air you breathe goes out of your nostrils. This is good because this is how our bodies were designed to naturally breathe. Breathing through our nose allows us to take fuller and deeper breaths which provides the lungs greater amounts of oxygen to distribute through the body.
Human blood is red due to the haemoglobin in our bodies. Vertebrates and most animals also have red blood.
There are more than 300 dead bodies on Mount Everest. Since 1922, 305 people have died on Mt. Everest. Some even died while attempting to retrieve another dead body. Since few brave the perilous climb and come out alive, the casualties on Everest now serve as markers for other hikers.
Pigs can’t look up. You can’t tell a sad pig to look up – they physically can’t do that. Since their bodies evolved to prioritise finding food, pig necks can’t bend to let them look up at the sky.
No one knows why flamingos stand on one foot. Flamingos usually pose with one foot tucked under their bodies. A theory suggests that they do it to conserve body heat in the cold water of their feeding areas, but it has not been confirmed. Astonishingly, a study showed that this behaviour does not cause muscle strain in their legs, meaning they can do it without physical effort.
Ice cream warms the body. It might make perfect sense to eat ice cream when you’re feeling hot, but it does the opposite to our bodies. The high-fat content in ice cream warms us up rather than cooling down the body as it metabolizes.
Space refers to the expanse between the Earth and other celestial bodies.
Hart Island is the final burial place for over a million of New York City’s unclaimed bodies.
The length of the circulatory system is almost 60,000 miles According to the Franklin Institute, if all the veins, arteries, and capillaries in a child’s body were stretched out flat, they would span more than 60,000 miles. Our bodies house around 100,000 miles of blood vessels by the time we reach maturity. That is only one of the astounding facts that seem fabricated but it’s true.
Cats mark you as their territory when they rub their faces and bodies against you, as they have scent glands in those areas.
The Easter Island heads have bodies. We’ve seen those iconic stone heads, but did you know that in the 2010s, archaeologists found that two of the Pacific Island figures had torsos?
More than half of our bodies are not human. Bacterial cells outnumber the number of human cells in our bodies. Research has found that the average human is around 56% bacteria. Wow!
Starfish do not have bodies. The fascinating, weird fun fact here about starfish is that their bodies are their heads.
Animals with smaller bodies and faster metabolism see in slow motion.
The Moon is getting farther away every year. The Moon exerts a pull on Earth, causing our planet to be slightly egg-shaped. It affects water even more, creating tides and causing the oceans to pile up towards one side of the planet, forming a ‘tidal bulge’. This bulge is dragged around with the Moon as it orbits. As Earth rotates faster than the Moon – 24 hours versus 27.3 days – the bulge moves slightly ahead of the Moon’s position in orbit. The Moon pulls back on it, effectively trying to slow it down and causing Earth’s rotation rate to gradually slow down over time as a result. As the two bodies interact through gravity, this tugging causes Earth to lose energy while the Moon gains energy. Because of this energy boost the Moon is slowly spiralling outwards, moving away from us by 3.8cm per year.
The Easter Island heads are more than just heads. During excavation, archaeologists unEarthed bodies on these massive stones, some measuring as tall as 33 feet.
Humans are not the only species that can dance. Sea lions can move their bodies to the rhythm of an external beat. If you see a sea lion, then consider challenging it to a dance-off.
Axolotl gills appear as feathery appendages on the outside of their bodies. It makes them super recognisable – and very cute to boot!
Monarch caterpillars breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies.
According to research, starting school at 10 am is better for your health. This is particularly true for teenagers, whose growing bodies require more sleep than they’re able to get with conventionally early start times. Not only does starting a few hours later reduce illness by up to fifty per cent but it’s been found to boost students’ grades significantly!
While they are hibernating, bears do not urinate. Their bodies convert waste into protein.
Starfish don’t have bodies, they’re technically entirely classified as a head.
This isn’t exactly a “fun” fact, but there are over 200 dead bodies of climbers on Mt. Everest because it’s so difficult to bring them down.
Stop looking for war dead. The British government halted the search for war dead on the Western Front in September 1921 when they were still finding 500 bodies a week.