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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When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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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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Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
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A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
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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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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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