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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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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The levels of two stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine which suppress the body's immune system, will actually drop after a dose of laughter.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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It is possible for you to survive even after the removal of the spleen, the stomach, one kidney, one lung, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, and almost every organ from the pelvic and groin area.
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Held in farts enter your bloodstream and are bad for your body.
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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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