There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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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.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.
Ras signalling activity is governed by bound GDP/GTP
Experiment of Lederberg and Tatum demonstrating gene transfer in E. coli