Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
White fallow deer near Argonne National Labs in Westmont Illinois, USA.