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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Putting sugar on a wound or cut will greatly reduce pain and speed up the healing process.
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A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
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Medical research has found substances in mistletoe that can slow down tumor growth.
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Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
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In 1996, research found that having excessive body hair is linked to higher intelligence.
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Children are poisoned most frequently by eating harmful plants.
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You mostly breathe from only one nostril at a time!
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