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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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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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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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
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