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There are actually 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 essential amino acids, and three essential fatty acids that your body needs every day.
Looking at the sun may not only cause headache and distort your vision temporarily, but it can also cause permanent eye damage. Any exposure to sunlight adds to the cumulative effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on your eyes. UV exposure has been linked to eye disorders such as macular degeneration, solar retinitis, and corneal dystrophies.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.