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Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Hip fractures are the most serious consequences of osteoporosis. The incidence of hip fractures increases with each decade among patients in their 60s to patients in their 90s for both women and men of all populations. Men and women older than 80 years of age show the highest incidence of hip fractures.
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.