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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Looking at the sun may not only cause headache and distort your vision temporarily, but it can also cause permanent eye damage. Any exposure to sunlight adds to the cumulative effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on your eyes. UV exposure has been linked to eye disorders such as macular degeneration, solar retinitis, and corneal dystrophies.