In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
