Heart Facts

The first cells to form when you were a fetus were in your heart.

The average heart beats 110,000 times a day, 40 million times a year, 3.5 billion times in a lifetime.

Your heart produces enough power in 1 hour to lift 2,000 pounds 3 feet off the ground. In one hour and 15 minutes the heart could lift a Toyota Prius!

The source of the heartbeat is in the heart, not the brain. When they do a heart transplant ,they cannot reconnect the heart and brain. The heart beats on its own.

The electrical impulse of each heart beat can be measured 8 feet from the body.

The electrical impulse of the heart is 40 - 60 times stronger than the brain. It is many more times stronger than any other electrical impulse in the body.

The heart sends more information to the brain, than the brain does to the heart.

The heart's vascular system is 60,000 miles long and can wrap around the earth twice.

Different people's (or even animal's) heart cells, will all beat in unison in a petrie dish. Different people's brain cells in a petrie dish will not communicate with each other and die.

The heart has its own intrinsic nervous system with over 40,000 neurons referred to by neuroscientists as the "brain in the heart."�

The electricity generated by the heart can be detected and measured in the brain patterns of another person nearby.

The heart works without interruption for 70-80 years, without care or cleaning, usually without repair or replacement. Do you need energy or stamina? Access the heart!