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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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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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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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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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Enamel is hardest substance in the human 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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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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