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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.