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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.