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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.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
There can actually be a 25-hour time difference between certain locations in the world. The International Date Line passes between the islands of Samoa and American Samoa. It is not a straight line, but "zig-zags" around various island chains. Therefore, Samoa and nearby islands have one date, while American Samoa and nearby islands are one day behind. Daylight saving time is used in some islands, but not in others—further shifting the hours out of sync with natural time.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.