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The Aortic artery is the biggest human blood vessel, which distributes blood from the left ventricle to the rest of the body.
The human body has less muscles in it than a caterpillar.
Interstellar space is not complete vacuum: there are a few hydrogen atoms per cubic centimeter.
About 1000 Earths would fit inside Jupiter - and the Sun could hold about 1000 Jupiters
A dwarf star is so dense that it would take 8 men to lift a teaspoon full of its matter.
The mass of our entire atmosphere is estimated to be some 5.5 quadrillion tons (55 followed by 14 zeros).
Tiger cubs leave their mother when they are around 2 years of age.
1 and 2 are the only numbers where they are the values of the numbers of factors they have.
The pressure at the centre of the Earth is 27,000 tons per square inch.
Starfish don't have brains.
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