RandomFacts: 36 Interesting Heart Facts

Random Facts is a great website that has lists of interesting facts on all kinds of subjects. Of course, we think the most interesting list is the Human Heart Health Facts. Here’s just a sample of the cool things we’ve learned:

• The average adult heart beats 72 times a minute; 100,000 times a day; 3,600,000 times a year; and 2.5 billion times during a lifetime.
• Though weighing only 11 ounces on average, a healthy heart pumps 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels each day.
• A kitchen faucet would need to be turned on all the way for at least 45 years to equal the amount of blood pumped by the heart in an average lifetime.
• The volume of blood pumped by the heart can vary over a wide range, from five to 30 liters per minute.
• Every day, the heart creates enough energy to drive a truck 20 miles. In a lifetime, that is equivalent to driving to the moon and back.

Visit Facts.RandomHistory.com/Human-Heart-Health for more fascinating heart facts.