17 May 2016

This story is part of BBC Earth's "Best of

2016" list, our greatest hits of the
year. Browse the full list.

DID YOU KNOW:

• Bill Gates is actually worth $1,956

• Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has five
times fewer cells in his brain than in his liver
• Top tennis player Serena Williams has 24.5
trillion red blood cells powering her body
• Internet and social media pioneer Mark
Zuckerberg’s body contains 800MB of data
• President Barack Obama’s head rules his
heart; his brain weighs 1.4kg, his heart just
0.4kg

Welcome to The Making of Me and You, a

unique, new digital interactive from BBC Earth
that details extraordinary personalised facts.

Just input your date of birth, sex at birth, height

and weight, and choose the metric or imperial
units that make most sense to you.

And instantly find out:

• The chemical ingredients that make up you,

and what your body is worth
• How many atoms you are made of, and what
can be made with them
• How many fat, blood, skin and brain cells you
have
• How much genetic data is inside you
• How many other microbes live on your body
with you
• The size and weight of your internal organs
• How much wee, poo, sperm or eggs you
have produced so far
• How many times you have blinked, breathed,
yawned and farted
• And so much more

Explore, enjoy, and share with your friends

either the whole page, or your favourite
insights, comparing your vital statistics.

This is our story, the story of the making of me

and you.

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BBC Earth's The making of me and you is

based on the following sources.

Produced for BBC Earth by Beyond Words.

Lead photo credit: Beyond Words

Data used to calculate celebrity statistics:

Bill Gates
Date of birth: 28 October, 1955. Sex: Male.
Height: 177cm, Weight: 67kg

Source: http://www.howmuchisnetworth.co
m/t11-bill-gates-net-worth-2016

Justin Bieber

Sex: Male. Date of birth: 1 March, 1994.

Height: 175 cm, Weight: 66 kg

Source: http://healthyceleb.com/justin-
bieber-height-weight-body-statistics/1384

Serena Williams

Date of birth: 26 September, 1986. Sex:

Female. Height: 170 cm, Weight: 70 kg

Source: http://heightandweights.com/seren
a-williams/

Mark Zuckerberg

Date of birth: 14 May, 1984. Sex: Male.

Height: 175 cm, Weight: 73 kg

http://hollywoodmeasurements.com/mark-
zuckerberg-height-weight-body-
measurements/

President Obama
 Date of birth: August 4, 1961. Sex: Male.
Height: 185 cm, Weight: 81.6kg

Source: White House medical

exam https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/def
ault/files/rss_viewer/potus_med_exam_feb
2010.pdf
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