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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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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Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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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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The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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