On average the heat beats around 3 billion times during a person's life. This means that it beats about 100,000 times in one day and about 35 million times in a year.

Some Quick Heart Facts:

• If you squeeze a tennis ball hard you are actually using the same amount of force that your heart uses to pump the blood through your body.
  
• In the human body there are about 5.6 liters of blood. All of this blood circulates through the body three times a minute.

Story by Hillori Mitchell

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iEvolved said:

	... I wonder what the difference in number of beats there is between a runner and say a couch potato? Aren't runners hearts suppose to beat slower?
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November 17, 2008
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shroshro420 said:

	... on the runner you have to take into account that there hearts are beating faster during there exercise periods and that they will most likely live longer than the couch potato.
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January 18, 2009
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