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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).
As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.