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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
The liver is the only organ that has the ability to regenerate itself after certain types of damage. As much as 25% of the liver can be removed, and it will still regenerate back to its original shape and size. However, the liver cannot regenerate after severe damage caused by alcohol.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.