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24 N e w E r a
Mos
t sac
red
of a
ll, ou
r bod
ies
have
the
powe
r to
proc
reat
e—to
crea
te lif
e.
Whe
n yo
u re
ceive
info
rmat
ion
thro
ugh
one
of yo
ur se
nses
, th
e sig
nal t
rave
ls fro
m yo
ur n
erve
s to
your
bra
in a
t ove
r 10
0 m
iles p
er h
our (
160
kph)
.
Whe
n yo
ur b
rain
is a
lerte
d to
dan
ger,
adre
nalin
e is
rele
ased
, whi
ch a
ccel
er-
ates
your
hea
rt ra
te, in
crea
ses b
reat
h-in
g, di
late
s the
pup
ils, a
nd sh
uts d
own
your
dig
estiv
e sy
stem
to a
llow
othe
r m
uscle
s to
cont
ract
with
incr
edib
le
forc
e.
Your
imm
une
syst
em, u
sing
glan
ds lik
e yo
ur a
deno
ids a
nd o
rgan
s like
your
thym
us
and
sple
en, c
an p
rote
ct yo
u fro
m h
arm
ful
virus
es a
nd b
acte
ria.
The
hum
an h
eart
beat
s mor
e th
an
thre
e bi
llion
times
in
an a
vera
ge lif
espa
n.
That
’s m
ore
than
10
0,00
0 tim
es p
er
day.
Hear
ing
is th
e fa
stes
t hum
an se
nse.
You
r bra
in ca
n re
cogn
ize a
soun
d 10
tim
es fa
ster
than
the
blin
k of a
n ey
e, in
as l
ittle
as 0
.05
seco
nds.
Your
bra
in p
rodu
ces e
noug
h el
ectri
city t
o lig
ht a
smal
l ligh
t bul
b.
For b
lind
peop
le, t
he b
rain
’s vis
ual c
orte
x cha
nges
in
orde
r to
resp
ond
mor
e to
touc
h an
d he
arin
g.
Two
eyes
give
you
bino
cula
r vis
ion,
whi
ch h
elps
with
dep
th
perc
eptio
n. T
est i
t by c
losin
g on
e ey
e an
d try
ing
to to
uch
a sm
all
item
nea
r you
.
The
hum
an e
ye ca
n di
stin
guish
thou
sand
s of d
iffer
ent c
ol-
ors,
and
your
nos
e ca
n re
cogn
ize th
ousa
nds o
f diff
eren
t sc
ents
. Th
e m
ost e
xpen
sive
digi
tal c
amer
a to
day c
an ca
ptur
e 40
0 m
ega-
pixe
ls, b
ut th
e hu
man
eye
can
see
576
meg
apixe
ls. Bloo
d di
strib
utes
nou
rishm
ent
from
your
dig
estiv
e sy
stem
.
Bloo
d ta
kes t
he b
ody’s
was
te to
th
e kid
neys
and
liver
to b
e so
rted
and
trash
ed.
From
hea
d to
toe,
you
r bod
y is
an
amaz
ing
cre-
atio
n. B
ecau
se o
f it,
you
can
pain
t, go
hik
ing,
pla
y fo
otba
ll,cro
chet
,playth
eflu
te,a
ndd
om
anyot
her
enjo
yabl
e ac
tiviti
es.
As th
e pr
ophe
t exp
lain
s on
pag
e 4,
“You
r bod
y, wha
teve
ritsn
atur
algift
s,is
am
agni
ficen
tcre
ation
ofG
od.. . .P
onde
rthe
mag
nific
ence
ofw
haty
ou
seewhe
nyo
ulook
inth
em
irror
. . .achi
ldo
fGod
,cr
eate
d by
Him
in H
is im
age.
”
“Our
phy
sical
bo
dy is
the
inst
rum
ent o
f ou
r spi
rit.”
Pres
iden
t Boy
d K.
Pac
ker (
1924
–201
5),
Pres
iden
toft
heQ
uoru
mo
fthe
Tw
elve
Apo
stle
s, L
et N
ot Y
our H
eart
Be
Trou
bled
(199
1), 2
11.
The
liver
is re
spon
si-bl
e fo
r mor
e th
an 5
00
dist
inct
pro
cess
es. It
is
so im
porta
nt th
at if
a
pers
on h
as tw
o-th
irds o
f hi
s or h
er liv
er re
mov
ed
as a
resu
lt of
trau
ma
or
surg
ery,
it wi
ll gro
w ba
ck
to it
s orig
inal
size
in a
s lit
tle a
s fou
r wee
ks.
Your
skin
can
be g
rafte
d fro
m o
ne p
art o
f yo
ur b
ody t
o gr
ow o
n an
othe
r par
t. It
is th
e hu
man
bod
y’s la
rges
t org
an a
nd is
cons
tant
ly re
newi
ng it
self.
The
skin
secr
etes
ant
ibac
teria
l sub
stan
ces a
nd
serv
es a
s the
firs
t lay
er o
f def
ense
for i
nvad
ing
micr
oorg
anism
s. M
ost b
acte
ria th
at la
nd o
n th
e sk
in d
ie q
uick
ly.
Your
hea
rt pu
mps
5.5
liter
s of b
lood
per
m
inut
e. S
o, d
urin
g an
ave
rage
lifet
ime,
it w
ill pu
mp
near
ly 1.
5 m
illion
bar
rels
of b
lood
—en
ough
to fi
ll 200
trai
n ca
rs.
Brok
en b
ones
can
heal
.
Hum
an b
ones
are
stro
ng. Th
e 26
smal
l bon
es in
your
feet
ca
rry y
our b
ody w
eigh
t with
ev
ery s
tep
you
take
.
Bloo
d su
pplie
s oxy
gen
from
the
lung
s to
othe
r org
ans.
Bloo
d re
mov
es ca
rbon
dio
xide
to th
e lu
ngs t
o be
bre
athe
d ou
t.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY HUGO HERRERA
AMAZ
ING
THIN
GS the
B
ody
Can
Do
AMAZ
ING
THIN
GS
