Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Structure of cholesterol and steroid hormones derived from cholesterol