The Pulse: How Much Do You Know About Your Body?

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[MUSIC PLAYING]
JOHN WHYTE
What's the largest organ in the body?

SUBJECT 1
I would say the liver.

SUBJECT 2
Not sure. I'm going to guess the heart?

SUBJECT 3
Boy, boy, boy. I don't know. I would think the heart.

JOHN WHYTE
It'd be nice if it was heart.

SUBJECT 4
Lungs.

SUBJECT 5
Your intestines?

SUBJECT 6
The skin.

SUBJECT 7
The skin.

SUBJECT 8
Your skin.

SUBJECT 9
Um, stomach. Oh, the brain, the brain. Right?

JOHN WHYTE
We wish it were the brain. It's our skin.

SUBJECT 10
Oh, that doesn't-- that's not fair.

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JOHN WHYTE
Which two body parts never stop growing?

SUBJECT 1
Your belly and--

[LAUGHTER]

SUBJECT 2
Your feet or your hand?

SUBJECT 3
Your eyelashes and your nails?

SUBJECT 5
Your nose and your ears.

SUBJECT 6
Your ears and your nose.

JOHN WHYTE
Is that right?

SUBJECT 7
I don't know.

SUBJECT 8
Nose and ears.

JOHN WHYTE
How do you know that?

SUBJECT 8
Heard it somewhere.

SUBJECT 9
Your hair and your fingernails.

JOHN WHYTE
It's the ears and the nose.

SUBJECT 9
OK, well, maybe I'll get one right.

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JOHN WHYTE
How many bones do you think are in your foot?

SUBJECT 1
Foot? Just going to guess. 15?

SUBJECT 2
A bunch. Like 100?

SUBJECT 3
Is that the

[INAUDIBLE]? I don't know. I would think maybe 200.

SUBJECT 4
I'll say 35.

SUBJECT 5
Probably about 20.

SUBJECT 6
12.

SUBJECT 7
I have no idea, but I'll guess 60.

SUBJECT 8
100.

SUBJECT 9
25?

SUBJECT 10
[INAUDIBLE]

JOHN WHYTE
It is 26.

SUBJECT 9
Really? Wow.

JOHN WHYTE
That's right.

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SUBJECT 1
10 feet?

SUBJECT 2
I don't know. snake sized?

SUBJECT 3
Three or four feet?

SUBJECT 4
I'd say 20 yards.

SUBJECT 5
Five.

SUBJECT 6
I'm going to say six feet.

SUBJECT 7
Oh, it's long, right?

JOHN WHYTE
How long?

SUBJECT 7
It's like a football field, I'd say.

JOHN WHYTE
A football field?

SUBJECT 7
Yeah.

JOHN WHYTE
It's about 22 feet.

SUBJECT 7
That's not a football field.

JOHN WHYTE
No, it's not. But still pretty long, though.

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