Tidbits #59-63 - June 14, 2011

Medical Oddities

• A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 68 years straight.
• The human eye blinks about 4.2 million times a year. A blink lasts roughly 300-400 milliseconds.
• When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate; they do the same when you're looking at someone you hate.
• The average life span of a taste bud is 10 days.
• During a kiss, as many as 278 bacteria colonies are exchanged.