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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
The largest baby ever born weighed more than 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia, and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.