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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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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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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Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your food begin to eat you.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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There are about 1,400 different species of bacteria in your belly button.
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