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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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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The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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