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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).
The top five reasons that children stay home from school are as follows: colds, stomach flu (gastroenteritis), ear infection (otitis media), pink eye (conjunctivitis), and sore throat.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.