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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).
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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Less than one of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control. Only 48.1% with the condition are being treated for it.