The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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Pregnant women usually experience a heightened sense of smell beginning late in the first trimester. Some experts call this the body's way of protecting a pregnant woman from foods that are unsafe for the fetus.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
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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).
