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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.