The heart is an amazing organ and while there are more facts than we could possibly cover here, below you will find some of the one's we find to be very interesting.

1. An average person's heart beats between 60 and 80 times a minute, circulating the entire blood supply about once per minute.

2. Exercise, such as walking for four hours a week, can protect your heart

3. The heart is located nearly in the center of the chest. However, the apex or tip of the heart is shifted towards the left chest wall and hits against the ribs during contraction. As a result, the rhythm is best detected on the left side, just below the pectoralis.

4. Your system of blood vessels – arteries, veins and capillaries – is over 60,000 miles long.That's long enough to go around the world more than twice!

5. Americans will pay about $300 billion in the coming year for Cardiovascular disease related medical costs and disability. 6. The first heart specialists emerged after World War I. 7. There are approximately 17,000 cardiologists in the U.S. today. 8. Smoking increases your risk of heart disease by 2 - 3 times.