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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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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If every muscle in your body could pull in one direction, you could lift nearly 25 tons.
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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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All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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