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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
According to the Migraine Research Foundation, migraines are the third most prevalent illness in the world. Women are most affected (18%), followed by children of both sexes (10%), and men (6%).
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.