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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).