You’re born amazing, but you may not know some of these amazing facts about the human body.
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About 200 muscles are used when you take a single step.
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The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.
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It takes food only seven seconds to go from the mouth to the stomach via the esophagus.
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In one day, your heart beats 100,000 times.
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The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
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Every drop of blood in your body is filtered by your body over 300 times a day.
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It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
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The tips of your fingers have enough strength to support the weight of your whole body.
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A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 miles per hour.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in each human.