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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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