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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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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).