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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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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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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Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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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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