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Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
A recent study has found that following a diet rich in berries may slow down the aging process of the brain. This diet apparently helps to keep dopamine levels much higher than are seen in normal individuals who do not eat berries as a regular part of their diet as they enter their later years.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.