- Women hearts beat faster than men.
- Three years after a person quits smoking, there chance of having a heart attack is the same as someone who has never smoked before.
- The human heart weighs less than a pound.
- The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at a distance of thirty feet.
- The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893.
- Scientists have discovered that the longer the ring finger is in boys the less chance they have of having a heart attack.
- The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart.
- The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year.
- Olive oil can help in lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of heart complications.
- In a lifetime, the heart pumps about one million barrels of blood.
- In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa.
- People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack.
- Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 AM.
- The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year.
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