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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.