Heart Facts
| Women hearts beat faster than men. |
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| Three years after a person quits smoking, there chance of having a heart attack is the same as someone who has never smoked before. |
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| The human heart weighs less than a pound. |
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| The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet. |
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| The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893. |
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| Scientists have discovered that the longer the ring finger is in boys the less chance they have of having a heart attack. |
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| The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart. |
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| The human heart beat roughly 35 million times a year. |
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| Olive oil can help in lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of heart complications. |
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| In a lifetime, the heart pumps about one million barrels of blood. |
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| In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in |
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| People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack. |
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| Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 AM. |
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| The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year. |
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| At one time it was thought that the heart controlled a person's emotions. |
| Every day 2,700 people die of heart disease. |
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| During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times. |
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| In one day your heart beats 100,000 times. |
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| For humans the normal pulse is 70 heartbeats per minute. |
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