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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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.
The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.