There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go).
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Per capita consumption of power is high in the developed world and highest in the United States