YOUR LUNGS....

1.  If you roll out a lung, flat, it would be the size of a tennis court.
2.  Most people are breathing through just one nostril right now (you’re checking, aren’t you?)
3.  The nostrils ”smell” differently and smells from the right nostril are more pleasant.
4.  The right lung holds more air than the left.
5.  It is almost impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (A defense mechanism, are you trying this one too?)
6.  A sneeze can be as fast as 100 mph.
7.  A flu shot only works about 70% of the time.
8.  A cigarette cuts 5 minutes off your life, about the time it takes to smoke one.
9.  The average person inhales 44 pounds of dust in a lifetime.
10.  Deep breathing practice gives benefits similar to performing aerobics

The British Lung Foundation (BLF) reports that each day the lungs breathe in about 8,000 to 9,000 liters (about 2,100 to 2,400 gallons) of air

Breathing is made possible by the flexing of a muscle called the diaphragm. National Geographic describes how the diaphragm, which is a sheet of muscles between the chest and the abdomen, contracts to breathe air into the lungs and relaxes to breathe air out of the lungs

 

The lung is a very unique organ. According to the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM), the lungs are the only organ in the body that can float. Also, the BLF reports that the lungs are the largest organ in the body and the only organ inside the body that is exposed to the outside.