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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
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In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.