Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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Certain chemicals, after ingestion, can be converted by the body into cyanide. Most of these chemicals have been removed from the market, but some old nail polish remover, solvents, and plastics manufacturing solutions can contain these substances.
Kitagawa Utamaro, The Fickle Type, from the series Ten Physiognomies of Women.
Common phlebotomy issues.
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IQ scores form what mathematicians call a normal distribution "bell curve"