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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
The first monoclonal antibodies were made exclusively from mouse cells. Some are now fully human, which means they are likely to be safer and may be more effective than older monoclonal antibodies.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.