In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Although not all of the following muscle groups are commonly used, intramuscular injections may be given into the abdominals, biceps, calves, deltoids, gluteals, laterals, pectorals, quadriceps, trapezoids, and triceps.
Eero Saarinen, TWA Terminal, John F. Kennedy International Airport, interior, New York.