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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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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.