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ACTH levels are normally highest in the early morning (between 6 and 8 A.M.) and lowest in the evening (between 6 and 11 P.M.). Therefore, a doctor who suspects abnormal levels looks for low ACTH in the morning and high ACTH in the evening.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
The largest baby ever born weighed more than 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia, and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.