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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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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When you take a step, you are using up to 200 muscles.
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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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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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Every year your body replaces 98% of your atoms.
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