Feb 11, 2016

THE AMAZING TICKER


1. The heart beats 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime
2. It can live outside your body
3. An enlarged heart is weak, beats irregularly and causes fluid buildup in the lungs
4. Winning the lottery can cause sudden chest pains like an heart attack
5. The heart is in the center of the body and tipped to the left
6. Your heart pumps 2,000 gallons of blood each day
7. Thousands of heart transplants are performed each year
8. Your heart has four chambers (two atria above two ventricles)
9. Apes and monkeys have hearts similar to humans
10. A damaged heart can make limited repairs
11. The heart has been associated with Love since the Middle Ages