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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Approximately 70% of expectant mothers report experiencing some symptoms of morning sickness during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.