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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.