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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
Children of people with alcoholism are more inclined to drink alcohol or use hard drugs. In fact, they are 400 times more likely to use hard drugs than those who do not have a family history of alcohol addiction.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.