Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
197
Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
190
The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
147
The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
120
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.
73
Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
193
Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
119
When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
886