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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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.
Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.