Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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The average sperm cell swims at 8 inches per hour.
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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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