Well, not
only is skin the largest organ in the body, but another
interesting little tidbit about skin is that the human body
sheds about three pounds of it over the course of the year.
(Norm: "Some of mine just crawled away.") (Woody: "I
don't understand, where does it go?")
To the atmosphere... dust. (Norm: "What?")
Yeah, yeah, about 75% of all dust is human skin.
The truth:
Cliff is correct, skin is the largest
organ in the body with a surface area, on average, of two
square meters.
Cliff is close on the shedding part, on
average a person sheds about a pound of skin in a year, but we
are sure that there are those that may reach Cliff's numbers.
We're not sure about the percentages
but there are three main components of household dust; dead skin
cells, dust mites, and the tiny fibers shed by clothing.
A few other things that make up dust
are; human hair, waxes, pollen, mold, fungi, lichen, tiny
particles of wood, and paint.
