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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.