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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There are about 255 babies born worldwide every minute.
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You can reschedule your sleeping pattern by not eating 12-16 hours before you want to be awake. Upon eating after this time period, your internal clock will reset to a new day, with the time of your first meal being interpreted as "morning".
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Your body is creating and killing about 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
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It takes at least eight bees all their life to make one single teaspoonful of honey.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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