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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.
Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.