After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
55
It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
102
Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
163
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
266
The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
131
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
It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
127
When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
886