Observations of a puzzling world

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

What more is there to say...

Every now and again I’ll read something that just leaves me speechless. I was browsing the newspaper when I learned that humans get a new outer layer of skin every 27 days. Here are the vital calculations:

600,000 skin particles lost per hour
1.5 pounds of skin a year
1000 “new skins” over an average lifetime

What more is there to say about that other than providing some additional information:

Gums are renewed every one to two weeks.
The average lifespan of a human taste bud is seven to 10 days.

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