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
Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
124
Yawns are more contagious among people with closer relationships.
163
Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
193
Stress can result in more headaches as a result of the body rerouting blood flow to other parts of the body.
92
The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
99
Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
111
It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
217