By: DoYouKnow.IN | Views: 2736 | Date: 21-Oct-2011
Here you will find some unknown facts and interesting general knowledge about Heart.
·
Women hearts beat faster than men.
· Three years after a person quits smoking, there
chance of having a heart attack is the same as someone who has never
smoked before.
· The human heart weighs less than a pound.
· The human heart can create enough pressure that
it could
squirt blood at a
distance of thirty feet.
distance of thirty feet.
· The first
open heart surgery was
performed by Dr.
Daniel Hall Williams in
1893.
· Scientists have discovered that the longer
the ring finger is in
boys the less
chance they have of having a heart attack.
chance they have of having a heart attack.
· The right
lung of a
human is larger than the left one. This
is because of the space
and placement of the heart.
and placement of the heart.
· The human heart beast roughly 35 million times a year.
· Olive oil can help in lowering cholesterol
levels and decreasing the risk
of heart complications.
of heart complications.
· In a lifetime, the heart pumps about one million barrels of blood.
· In 1967, the first
successful heart transplant was
performed in Cape
Town, South Africa.
Town, South Africa.
· People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke
or heart attack.
or heart attack.
· Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 AM.
· At one time it was thought that the heart controlled a person's emotions.