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It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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.