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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).
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Allergies play a major part in the health of children. The most prevalent childhood allergies are milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood.

