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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Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.
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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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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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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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