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Sperm cells are so tiny that 400 to 500 million (400,000,000–500,000,000) of them fit onto 1 tsp.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.