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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
Common abbreviations that cause medication errors include U (unit), mg (milligram), QD (every day), SC (subcutaneous), TIW (three times per week), D/C (discharge or discontinue), HS (at bedtime or "hours of sleep"), cc (cubic centimeters), and AU (each ear).
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.