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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.
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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.