Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Fewer than 10% of babies are born on their exact due dates, 50% are born within 1 week of the due date, and 90% are born within 2 weeks of the date.
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Intradermal injections are somewhat difficult to correctly administer because the skin layers are so thin that it is easy to accidentally punch through to the deeper subcutaneous layer.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
A woman in a net on a Congo shore. Although the importation of slaves was illegal after 1807, histor