The Heart - Facts file:

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*The adult human heart pumps about 70 times every minute

*The heart can pump all the blood in your body in one minute

*The heart can pump 5 times as much at top speed

*The body has about 1,200 million capillaries (very tiny veins)

*A baby's heart starts beating 25 days after it is conceived

*Large blood vessels, such as veins and arteries, have a slight corkscrew shape

*The heart is a double pump with two different pressures

*Heart cells will pump together even when separated from the heart
*A heart can beat 100,000 times in 24 hours - or 2,500 million times in 70 years

*The body has 25,000 km of veins and arteries and capillaries

*The heart automatically speeds up or slows down to suit the demand

*The heart maintains and repairs itself while it is working

*The heart beat at normal speed is at rest for longer than it is working

*God designed and built the heart