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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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.
In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.