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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.