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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).