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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
The highest suicide rate in the United States is among people ages 65 years and older. Almost 15% of people in this age group commit suicide every year.
For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.