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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Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
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Playing Tetris after a traumatic event can prevent the development of traumatic memories and reduce the chance of having flashbacks.
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If Earth's life was compressed into 1 year, then humans would have been around for only 2 seconds.
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It has been scientifically proven that stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure!
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Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
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There are glasses which allow a red-green color-blind person to see colors the way everyone else does.
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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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