The top five reasons that children stay home from school are as follows: colds, stomach flu (gastroenteritis), ear infection (otitis media), pink eye (conjunctivitis), and sore throat.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Systême silurien du centre de la Bohême / par Joachim Barrande
Decapods, from Ernst Haeckel's 1904 work Kunstformen der Natur
Average Global Temperature Rise over the Past Century
Work and Gender: Women at Work in India
A timeline showing the development of genetics from Gregor Mendel’s work