To prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not by stress, a researcher consumed an entire laboratory beaker full of bacterial culture. After this, he did indeed develop stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Herbivores must overcome the wide variety of physical and chemical defences evolved by plants.