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The human heart beats over one hundred thousand times daily
Pumping continuously the heart propels thousands of litres of blood every day
An adult heart contracts about 60 to 100 times per minute at rest, adding up to over 100,000 beats daily and around 2.5 billion beats over an average lifespan. It pumps roughly 7,500 litres of blood through the vascular system every single day.
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- Pumping continuously the heart propels thousands of litres of blood every day. The figure is taken from MedlinePlus, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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