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Ten things you never knew about….hearts.
- Aristotle believed that the heart was the source of intelligence and the brain only cooled the blood.
- An octopus has three hearts, two to pump the blood through the gills, and one to pump it round the body.
- The average human heart beats around 100,000 times a day and pumps over 2,000gallons of blood.
- 200 years ago in 1816 René` Laennec invented the stethoscope to hear heartbeats as he thought it improper to place his ear to a woman’s chest.
- The heart of a blue whale can weigh over 1,500lb.
- A human heart is about the size of two hands clasped together and weighs 11 ounces.
- Woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s by about eight beats a minute.
- William Harvey announced his discovery that the heart circulates blood around the body in 1616, 400 years ago.
- Before that it was generally believed that the heart constantly produced new blood.
- The King of Hearts is the only king in a deck of cards without a moustache. He is thought to have been modelled on Charlemagne.
Thanks to Steven for this article.
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