(WYTV) – Here are some interesting facts about the human body: Just like fingerprints, your tongue is unique — it’s got its own tongue print. We shed about 600,000 teeny tiny skin particles ...

You shed about 1.5 pounds of skin every year, contributing to household dust. Over 700 species of bacteria live in your mouth ...

The body of Gene Hackman’s wife showed signs of “mummification in both hands and feet,” according to reports. Here’s what that means.

Test your smarts against this one-minute video, where Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze uncovers the facts behind five popular myths about the human body. 3play_processed Ask Smithsonian Explore ...

The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose. Capillaries, on the other hand, are so small that it takes ten of them to equal the thickness of a human hair.

Microplastics have been found in human blood, semen, breast milk, placental tissue and bone marrow, but their presence in the ...

grandparents. About 43%, to be precise. This much of your body is made up of human cells, while the rest is a mix of bacteria, viruses and fungi that combine to make your microbiome. This is ...

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

One theory suggests that a giant collision with another large body disturbed Venus’ counterclockwise rotation and caused the planet to spin the other way.

It was traditionally consumed from natural sources like tea, coffee, cacao beans and cola nuts and appreciated for its stimulating effects on the human body Caffeine is naturally present in more ...