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- Grade 11 and 12 Mathematics (Moderator: geoffrey)
There can actually be a 25-hour time difference between certain locations in the world. The International Date Line passes between the islands of Samoa and American Samoa. It is not a straight line, but "zig-zags" around various island chains. Therefore, Samoa and nearby islands have one date, while American Samoa and nearby islands are one day behind. Daylight saving time is used in some islands, but not in others—further shifting the hours out of sync with natural time.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.