40 Fascinating Facts About The Heart [Free Fact Cards]

Are you ready to learn about one of the most amazing parts of your body? Yep, we’re talking about your heart! Your heart is like a superhero working inside you, and it does some really cool stuff to keep you running, jumping, and playing. So, let’s take a journey into the world of your heart and find out some fascinating facts about the Heart

Do you know where your heart is? Place your hand on the left side of your chest, and there you go—you’ve found it! Your heart is about the size of your fist, and it’s super strong. It works like a pump, sending blood all around your body. Blood is like a delivery truck, carrying oxygen and nutrients to every part of you.

Did you know that your heart is always working, even when you’re asleep? It beats (which means it pumps) about 100,000 times every day. That’s like walking up and down a really tall building a bunch of times! And with each beat, your heart is saying, “I’m here, I’m here,” keeping you healthy and strong.

And here’s a fun fact about the heart: your heart talks to you! Well, sort of. When you run around and play, your heart beats faster. That’s its way of saying, “Hey, we’re busy having fun!” When you’re calm and resting, it beats slower. Your heart knows exactly what you need and when you need it.

So, are you ready to learn more about this awesome organ? Your heart is an incredible part of you, working hard every second of every day. Let’s keep exploring and discover all the cool facts about the heart and what it can do!

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Facts about the Heart

1. Running at any speed can reduce your chance of heart disease by 45%.
2. When you are heartbroken, you can feel the same symptoms as a heart attack.
3. They found signs of heart disease in a 3000-year-old mummy.
4. Monday mornings are when the most heart attacks happen.
5. The fastest human heartbeats belong to newborn babies.

6. The aorta is the largest artery in your body and can be as big as a garden hose.
7. Christmas Day is the day that most heart attacks happen.
8. No one knows where the idea of the heart being associated with love came from.
9. Each time it beats, a normal heart pumps about 4 tablespoons of blood.
10. Some capillaries are ten times smaller than a human hair.

11. Your heart will keep beating when separated from your body because it has its own electrical supply.
12. A man’s signs of a heart attack are different than those of a woman’s.
13. A horse can make their heartbeat the same as a human that is touching them.
14. Managing smoking, high blood pressure, and cholesterol can lower the impact of your inherited heart problems.
15. Women’s heartbeats are 8 times faster than a man’s on average.

16. Getting heart cancer is very rare mostly because your heart cells stop dividing early in your life.
17. If you are a sprinter, you need to have a strong heart it works twice as hard as your legs do.
18. The more education you get, the lower your risk of heart disease.
19. The best thing to keep your heart healthy is exercise.
20. Your heart can pump a lot of fluid in a day, about 2,000 gallons.

21. Sneezing does not make your heart stop.
22. The blue whale’s heart weighs over 1,500 pounds and they have the largest heart.
23. Your heartbeat about 100,000 times in a day.
24. The number one cause of death in the US is heart disease.
25. The fairy fly, which is a kind of wasp, has the smallest heart of any living creature.

26. The American pygmy shrew has the fastest heartbeat at 1,200 beats per minute.
27. A child’s heart is about the size of a fist.
28. Before the invention of the stethoscope, a doctor pressed their ear to their patient’s chest to listen to their heart.
29. The size of an adult heart is about the same as two hands clasped together.
30. Your heart can weigh as much as 15 ounces.

31. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the few black cardiologists in the United States in 1893, was the first to perform open heart surgery.
32. Happiness and a sense of emotional vitality will help you lower the risk of heart disease.
33. All the cells in your body get blood from the heart except the cornea.
34. Your heart is actually in the middle of your chest behind your breastbone, but it tilts to the left, which makes it easier to hear on that side.
35. The first pacemaker actually plugged into the wall.

36. There are miles of blood vessels in your body, 60,000 miles to be specific.
37. The sound of your heart beating is the valve leaflets opening and closing.
38. Keep laughing. It is good for your heart.
39. The left side of your heart pumps blood to most of your body except for the lungs which is done by the right side.
40. The size of a normal heart valve is about the size of a half dollar.

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