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DID YOU KNOW?Laid end to end, yourblood vessels could wraparound the world abouttwice.HUMAN BODYsomanyfacts.com

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Laid end to end, your blood vessels could wrap around the world about twice.

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By common estimates, an adult’s arteries, veins and capillaries add up to as much as 100,000 kilometres, most of it in the tiny capillaries. The Earth’s circumference is about 40,000 kilometres.

Source: Circulatory system (Wikipedia)

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