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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Adults are resistant to the bacterium that causes Botulism. These bacteria thrive in honey – therefore, honey should never be given to infants since their immune systems are not yet resistant.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.