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Each year in the United States, there are approximately six million pregnancies. This means that at any one time, about 4% of women in the United States are pregnant.
There can actually be a 25-hour time difference between certain locations in the world. The International Date Line passes between the islands of Samoa and American Samoa. It is not a straight line, but "zig-zags" around various island chains. Therefore, Samoa and nearby islands have one date, while American Samoa and nearby islands are one day behind. Daylight saving time is used in some islands, but not in others—further shifting the hours out of sync with natural time.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.