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Did you know that there is a second fluid in your body which is just as important as blood ? You will find out about the lymphatic system

Did you know that there are some people who can identify more than 10,000 different smells and tastes ? Your nose and tongue depend upon each other...

Did you know that the skin is your body's largest organ ? This secnd volume of how my body works tells you all about your skin - it is waterproof a...

Did you know that a windsufer needs a good sense of balance to control the surfboard ? You will discover how to get fit for and enjoy some popular ...

Did you know that your eye works like a camera ? That it peojects everything upside down and back to front and that it is only in the brain that th...

Did you know.. That when you cough the stream of air leaving your lungs can reach a speed of 160 kilometers per hour?

This series on Human Body is a unique series which provides amazing facts about the structure, functions and disorders of this wonderful machine al...

in this book you will find out all about hormones- what they are, where they are made and why we need them. You will learn about hormones in humans...

Did You Know… That your small intestine is between six and seven meters long? It is coiled up so that it fits into your body. That all the food you...

Did you know ….Antibodies from sick animals are put into your body to help you fight invading bacteria?

Did you know ….That a human being starts off as just ane cell, when an egg and sperm join up? That about 400 million sperm cells race each other to...

Did You Know… That scientists believe the world started with a big bang ?

Did You Know… The a red blood cell can make the return trip to your big toe in about 16 seconds? That if all your blood vessels were laid end to en...

Did You Know...That your brain contains about 14 billion nerve cells, enough to stretch from the earth to the Moon?

Did You Know… That your ears control your sense of balance as well as your hearing? The composer Beethoven was almost completely def when he wrote ...

Did you know that your heart never rests? That your heart is about the size of your fist? That your heart pumps more than 200 million litres of blo...

Did You Know… that about 1,800 liters of blood pass through your Kidneys each day? That your kidneys contain a million ' mini-kidneys called nephrons?

Did You Know…That the liver is the biggest and heaviest gland in the human body? That your liver changes in size? That the liver performs over 500 ...

Did You Know… That even through a cell is very tiny it can make exact copies of itself? That cells send messages to each other and have five differ...

Did You Know… That you have over 200 bones in your body? That you have something in common with a dinosaur's skeleton?

your teeth are like food processors, mashing up your food into small pieces so that it can be easily swallowed.