Darpan Sharma

How well do you know your own body? What if we told you some things about the human body that are so shocking, they’ll spook you out so much, you won’t be able to sleep at night? Check these amazing facts out.

1. Do you ever wonder why your eyes twitch sometimes? It’s because you have mites living on your eyelashes who feed on your skin. Called Demodex, they are 1/3rd of a millimeter in length and are generally harmless.

2. You’re always shedding dead skin. It contributes considerable to the dust you find in your house.

3. When you die, the same enzymes that help you break down the food you consume and give you energy start eating up your body.

4. Whoa, this is creepy!

5. Your body shrinks by 1 cm when you go to sleep. 

6. The human body is bioluminescent! Yes, humans glow in the dark. But the light we emit is too low to be seen by our own naked eye.

7. Okay, this is just scary.

8. Sorry for telling you this.

9. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a dangerous STI which causes genital warts and if they are not treated on time, the skin starts to look like the bark of a tree!

10. There are millions of bacteria living on the flesh of your navel.