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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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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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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