31 Things You Should Definitely Know About Pee - Buzzfeed News Music

Thursday, March 19, 2015

31 Things You Should Definitely Know About Pee

Urine luck! This is a golden opportunity to learn some pretty cool facts.



Alice Mongkongllite for BuzzFeed


Most people pee about seven times a day on average.

Of course, this varies a bit depending on how much you're eating and drinking, Dr. Benjamin Brucker, assistant professor of Urology at NYU Langone Medical Center tells BuzzFeed Life. Don't worry if you go a little more or little less often.


The average healthy pee stream should last for about seven seconds.

"That varies a bit from person to person," Brucker says, "but if you're peeing for only two seconds even though you felt like you really needed to go, that may indicate you have other problems like an infection." If that's the case, call your doctor.


The average adult bladder can hold 300 to 500 milliliters of urine — enough to fill anywhere between 7 and 11 shot glasses.

And height doesn't actually play a role in bladder size, in spite of what you might have heard. In general, average bladder volume is pretty consistent across adults.




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