The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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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 human sigh acts as a physiological reset button.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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Most of us have microscopic, worm like mites named Demodex that live in our eyelashes and have claws and a mouth.
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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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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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