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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.