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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
The liver is the only organ that has the ability to regenerate itself after certain types of damage. As much as 25% of the liver can be removed, and it will still regenerate back to its original shape and size. However, the liver cannot regenerate after severe damage caused by alcohol.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.