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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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
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One human hair can support 3 ounces.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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